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« Reply #3735 on: 19:10:29, 18-01-2008 » |
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Puccini - Le villi?
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen,
Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir
Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen,
Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!
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« Reply #3736 on: 19:16:00, 18-01-2008 » |
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Right ... Symphonie Fantastique?: Debussy - Reverie (Reveries - Passions) Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera (Un Bal) Smetana - From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Scene aux champs) Williams - Imperial Death March(March to the Scaffold) Puccini   Stands back in amazement, pw!! Berlioz is spot on! Ruth, the Puccini is from Le Villi, but an orchestral moment which should lead to the Witches' Sabbath: Debussy – Rêverie = 1. Rêveries – PassionsVerdi – Un Ballo in Maschera = 2. Un balSmetana - From Bohemia's Woods and Fields = 3. Scène aux champsJohn Williams – Imperial Death March = 4. March to the Scaffold Puccini - Le villi: Intermezzo (The Witches' Sabbath) = 5. Songe d’une nuit de sabbat |
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« Reply #3737 on: 19:18:44, 18-01-2008 » |
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Congratulations, PW!
I knew the Puccini had to be Le villi by process of elimination - it's the only opera of his which I haven't seen and know nothing about beyond one aria. And once PW came up with the connection, the subject matter seemed likely!
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perfect wagnerite
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« Reply #3738 on: 19:23:47, 18-01-2008 » |
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Congratulations, PW!
I knew the Puccini had to be Le villi by process of elimination - it's the only opera of his which I haven't seen and know nothing about beyond one aria. And once PW came up with the connection, the subject matter seemed likely!
Thank you, Ruth - I don't know Le Villi either, and was frantically trying to remember any Puccini arias that mentioned sabbaths or witches. It was only after I'd posted that I remembered that the Inquisitor allows his victims to use Kobbé ....  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #3739 on: 20:10:09, 18-01-2008 » |
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pw,
Have you had lessons in how to get your head wired like IGI? Is there a course on the OU?
Tommo
(Not worthy)
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perfect wagnerite
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« Reply #3740 on: 20:19:53, 18-01-2008 » |
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Tommo, it's like doing the Guardian crossword - sometimes you just see it  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #3741 on: 23:21:30, 18-01-2008 » |
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OK. Here's one from me. Taking appropriate words from each title, in order, you will get part of the lyrics for a 1980s TV commercial.
1. Joplin
2. Genkov
3. Gottschalk
4. Frost
5. Marlatt
6. ?
The 6th item is not a musical composition, but a creation of one of our own board members.
All 6 words and the advert, please.
Tommo
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« Reply #3742 on: 12:14:51, 19-01-2008 » |
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Let's go for a couple of the more obvious ones first.  Joplin - The Easy WinnersGottschalk - A Night in the TropicsCan we have some first names for the other composers, please? Is it Georgi Genkov? (In which case, is it the film score 'All Over the World'?) |
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« Reply #3743 on: 12:21:35, 19-01-2008 » |
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Sorry IGI, no hits there. Can we have some first names for the other composers, please? Is it Georgi Genkov? (In which case, is it the film score 'All Over the World'?)
Right Genkov, wrong work. In fact, you may have first names for all of them.... 1. Scott Joplin 2. Georgi Genkov 3. Louis Gottschalk 4. Robin Frost 5. David Marlatt 6. ? Tommo |
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« Reply #3744 on: 13:09:12, 19-01-2008 » |
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And for the pedants out there, I should mention that the words you have to pick from the titles are all singular, yet when in the lyrics they have all become plural.
Tommo
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« Reply #3745 on: 13:29:32, 19-01-2008 » |
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Goodness Tommo, I don't think I even remember the 80s, let alone the adverts!!  |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #3746 on: 16:10:56, 19-01-2008 » |
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I do believe the works we're looking for are: 1. Scott Joplin - Pine Apple Rag 2. Georgi Genkov - Opera for a Hazelnut3. Louis Gottschalk - Le Bananier ‘The Banana Tree’ 4. Robin Frost - L’Apres-midi D’un Raisin5. David Marlatt - A Coconut Named Alex plus Daniel's 'off-topic' post:
S: Ah, such sympathy, and from such a fine gentleman! It goes some way to steadying the helm, I can tell you. Very well, I see I am in the presence of someone who would not lightly at least, throw any candid exposition of my really very ludicrous, but consuming queries back in my face. So then, if I might ask you directly, do you think there is any chance that I, a sultana, might ever feature as one of the members of a New Musical Connections quartet?
which gives us this 80s TV ad for Fruit and Fibre, featuring Ross Kemp before his 'hard-man' Eastenders days!  In addition to Daniel's sultana reference, Joseph Martin Kraus' opera Soliman II has the subtitle The Three Sultanas:  |
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« Reply #3747 on: 20:13:36, 19-01-2008 » |
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Fantastic Work Your Eminence! Award yourself a bowl of  Absolutely spot on. I couldn't leave Daniel's creation - Pete, the M&S Sultana - out of a NMC any longer (even though as this was a sextet, he is still technically unsatisfied!) Tommo |
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« Reply #3748 on: 20:23:13, 19-01-2008 » |
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I rather like this for breakfast. snork!
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #3749 on: 23:30:15, 19-01-2008 » |
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IGI That is quite brilliant! Again! Tommo, and thankyou. You will have brought happiness to a very deserving sultana. I will try and contact him to let him know that the thing that would perhaps give him more joy than anything else in this not easy life, is now a reality, and not just some crazy dream he was brave enough to share with a passing stranger in a bus shelter. I can't imagine how many brownie points such a gesture gets you (and you're possibly not even a brownie), but I am certain your karma will be in the rudest of health as a result of your kindness to one who has clearly not been used to seeing the generous side of life. |
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