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« Reply #3840 on: 20:57:38, 31-01-2008 » |
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None of these, I'm afraid
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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 #3841 on: 21:25:19, 31-01-2008 » |
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Drat! I was hoping for at least one hit! Oh well, nothing ventured...
Birtwistle – Harrison’s Clocks
Richard Strauss – Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration),
Tippett – The Midsummer Marriage
Puccini – La Fanciulla del West
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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« Reply #3842 on: 00:11:04, 01-02-2008 » |
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No, still nothing yet - I'll add another composer:
Birtwistle
Richard Strauss
Tippett
Puccini
Poulenc
And a clue: all but one of the works are operas, and the link is in the content rather than the title.
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« Reply #3843 on: 00:15:55, 01-02-2008 » |
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Here's a full operatic line-up then:
Birtwistle – Gawain
Richard Strauss – Elektra
Tippett – King Priam
Puccini – Suor Angelica
Poulenc – Dialogues of the Carmelites
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« Reply #3844 on: 10:28:00, 01-02-2008 » |
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Yes to the Birtwistle and Poulenc! The connection (or perhaps it should be disconnection  ) should be starting to appear. So we now have: Birtwistle - Gawain Strauss Tippett Puccini Poulenc - Dialogue des Carmelites Novel: |
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« Reply #3845 on: 11:04:41, 01-02-2008 » |
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It's beheading, isn't it?
Strauss Salome
Puccini Turandot
Don't know my Tippett, and deign to spend time looking up reference books. King Priam as a long shot?
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #3846 on: 11:05:56, 01-02-2008 » |
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Hang on, as it were,the Tippet is the non-opera...
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #3847 on: 11:18:59, 01-02-2008 » |
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Tippett: Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles Just wishful thinking perhaps, it was written for Charles III not Charles I. |
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« Reply #3848 on: 11:42:11, 01-02-2008 » |
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It's beheading, isn't it?
Strauss Salome
Puccini Turandot
Don't know my Tippett, and deign to spend time looking up reference books. King Priam as a long shot?
WELL DONE DON BASILIO! Birtwistle - Gawain (it could at a pinch have been The Mask of Orpheus) Strauss - Salome Tippett - Puccini - Turandot Poulenc - Dialogues des Carmelites Any thoughts on the novel? |
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« Reply #3849 on: 11:47:02, 01-02-2008 » |
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Tippett - The Mask of Time (Orpheus' head floating down the river still singing)?
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« Reply #3850 on: 11:50:25, 01-02-2008 » |
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Tippett - The Mask of Time (Orpheus' head floating down the river still singing)?
Spot on, GG! (it's actually what I was listening to on the train that started all this off) Novel anyone? |
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« Reply #3851 on: 12:02:13, 01-02-2008 » |
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'Tis a far, far better thing I do now than I have ever done' ?
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« Reply #3852 on: 12:08:42, 01-02-2008 » |
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Not what I had in mind (although it fits) - the author is much more recent, although she's no longer with us.
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« Reply #3853 on: 12:13:24, 01-02-2008 » |
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Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head!
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Green. Always green.
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« Reply #3854 on: 12:14:07, 01-02-2008 » |
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Not what I had in mind (although it fits) - the author is much more recent, although she's no longer with us.
Then Iris Murdoch of course, " A Severed Head". Ai yah! Pipped again. |
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