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« Reply #195 on: 19:02:25, 06-10-2008 » |
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I have never met Simon Rattle.
Me neither. Small world, huh? (or do I mean big) The only school-friend who I'm still in touch with's mum used to fancy Simon Rattle. Relevant, huh?  |
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« Reply #196 on: 19:12:49, 06-10-2008 » |
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used to fancy Simon Rattle Yes, I can't imagine anyone does any more.  Has anyone else noticed he has the same speech mannerisms as Tony Blair? |
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« Reply #197 on: 19:13:36, 06-10-2008 » |
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I saw Simon Rattle in Waterloo tube station earnestly perusing a tube map a few years ago.
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« Reply #198 on: 19:15:53, 06-10-2008 » |
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used to fancy Simon Rattle Yes, I can't imagine anyone does any more. Has anyone else noticed he has the same speech mannerisms as Tony Blair? I don't recall ever having heard him speak. (I haven't seen him conduct either.) |
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« Reply #199 on: 19:18:07, 06-10-2008 » |
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used to fancy Simon Rattle Yes, I can't imagine anyone does any more. Has anyone else noticed he has the same speech mannerisms as Tony Blair? I can't imagine anyone have done ever. She waw quite an eccentric character. Richard - ouch!  |
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« Reply #200 on: 19:20:37, 06-10-2008 » |
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I saw him conduct (as part of his Towards the Millennium series) Lutosławski's cello concerto (Lynn Harrell), Berio's Sinfonia and Messiaen's Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum. That was my most memorable Rattle experience, though his Mahler 2 was nice too (paired with Kurtág's Grabstein für Stephan) and Bernstein's Wonderful Town was also good. And I saw him conduct some Schumann or something when I was a veritable ignoramus.
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« Reply #201 on: 19:23:43, 06-10-2008 » |
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used to fancy Simon Rattle Yes, I can't imagine anyone does any more. Has anyone else noticed he has the same speech mannerisms as Tony Blair? Aren't Blair, Rattle and Richard Branson brothers? |
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« Reply #202 on: 19:26:10, 06-10-2008 » |
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I saw Simon Rattle in Waterloo tube station earnestly perusing a tube map a few years ago.
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Ah! Now I've thought of something I can put on this thread: The real-life model for New Music Weirdo is a friend of mine! Richard, I can't find any recent clips but try here, about 2'30". |
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Ah! Now I've thought of something I can put on this thread: The real-life model for New Music Weirdo is a friend of mine! (Hehe!) Talking of Waterloo station, the mainline concourse rather than the underground, I once saw all three Goodies walking towards me. (That's Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Garden and Bill Oddie.) As I passed, I said 'Hi!', just instinctively - the faces were so familiar. They looked as if that happened a lot.  |
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« Reply #204 on: 19:45:16, 06-10-2008 » |
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Oooh I went to college with Claire Goose's sister. That has a tendency to perk interest in many men... And yes she did look similar. |
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« Reply #205 on: 19:49:22, 06-10-2008 » |
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Oooh I went to college with Claire Goose's sister. That has a tendency to perk interest in many men... You don't say! Well, I never.  |
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« Reply #206 on: 19:54:15, 06-10-2008 » |
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Oooh I went to college with Claire Goose's sister. That has a tendency to perk interest in many men... You don't say! Well, I never. Yes it's something I've never really understood myself... Hey ho. (For the record they were a really sweet family. Obviously not impoverished, but none of them had let it go to their heads. Absolute sweethearts. |
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« Reply #207 on: 19:57:47, 06-10-2008 » |
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I once tripped over Harold Pinter's feet in the Crush Bar of the ROH (Die Walkure)
There was no sign of Claire Goose.
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« Reply #208 on: 20:03:45, 06-10-2008 » |
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I once tripped over Harold Pinter's feet in the Crush Bar of the ROH (Die Walkure)
There was no sign of Claire Goose.
Interesting - I was led to believe that she was addicted to opera to the point where she would start to get the DT shakes if deprived of an aria for 30 mins. (obviously this is lies. All damned lies. <faint>) |
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« Reply #209 on: 20:10:09, 06-10-2008 » |
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The real-life model for New Music Weirdo is a friend of mine! That however is not something I didn't know about you. |
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