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There are many things about the Emma score and soundtrack to love, and of them all, the most profound to me would sound trivial to most: it makes me giggle. That triangle, Elton eyebrow wiggle combo? Makes me yelp and shake helplessly. The Peter and the Wolf instrument/opera/folk characters? Inspired; they convey different blends of affection and mockery for each with sophistication non-pareil and simultaneously conjures the careering pace of great animation There was such an Aristocats country sequence feel. Staid and Autumn will clearly never make acquaintance. Unlike the sympatico bond she's clearly found with Isabel Waller-Bridge, who has shared her mindset and brought it to glorious life.

Plus it perfectly lands the febrile, gossipy energy of Highbury society, straining at the corsets and collars of etiquette. And, beautifully it frames and highlights the servants and serfs, and equally highlights the wilful blindness of the gentry who are raised up on their backs.

Then of course there is Johnny' s closing song, whose lyrics are layers of love, and mischief and callouts. Queen Bee does truly pay seasonal, sprightly, bantering tribute from Mr Knightley to his adored alpha lady, as Benedick to his Beatrice, but also of Johnny to his childhood sweetheart wife, Beatrice. Not neglecting his skipper and new friend Autumn. Fruitful indeed!