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« Reply #1485 on: 11:51:14, 24-03-2008 » |
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Out of interest Mr Grew, why do you think this? Er . . . the repeated notes on the woodwind are too fast too staccato and expressionless; the singer is much too loud and insufficiently accurate; the oboe (is it?) does not seem to be connected to anything at all; and we do not care for the muddy sound of the bass line - it sounds like a "jazz" band from the 1920s - perhaps it is! I don't think a 1920s Jazz band normally consisted of: 2 oboes 2 flutes cembalo 2 viole da gamba 2 lutes but I wasn't around at the time really to know! Baz Sorry, what we meant to say was that the bass line sounds like the bass in a 1920's recording of a "jazz" band - startling in Bach. |
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« Reply #1486 on: 12:12:45, 24-03-2008 » |
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I've decided to order that Bach Edition!
I see that Christine Schornsheim is playing the harpsichord concertos, Jaap Ter Linden is playing the cello suites, Simon Preston the flute sonatas, Jakob Lindberg the lute works, Bob van Asperen some of the suites. I've always enjoyed Ruth Holten's contributions to the JEG Bach cycle, and see she features in most of the cantatas here. Stephen Cleobury and Harry Christophers also feature, I notice. Amazon Germany offer a pdf with a full track listing with artists, which has been useful to read.
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« Reply #1487 on: 12:17:39, 24-03-2008 » |
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452 - Rachmaninov 1st piano concerto?
Yes, of course!! Well done, auto, I was just to come to the conclusion it wasn't old Sergei at all, having discounted the Symphonic Dances... |
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« Reply #1488 on: 12:24:33, 24-03-2008 » |
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Another clue for #430: This work was written in 1955 by a composer from a region of Europe that has occasioned a hefty number of well-known nationalist and folkloric works. This is not one of them. We cannot find any Hungarians that fit . . . perhaps it is a Roumanian. |
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« Reply #1489 on: 13:29:16, 24-03-2008 » |
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I've decided to order that Bach Edition!
I see that Christine Schornsheim is playing the harpsichord concertos, Jaap Ter Linden is playing the cello suites, Simon Preston the flute sonatas, Jakob Lindberg the lute works, Bob van Asperen some of the suites. I've always enjoyed Ruth Holten's contributions to the JEG Bach cycle, and see she features in most of the cantatas here. Stephen Cleobury and Harry Christophers also feature, I notice. Amazon Germany offer a pdf with a full track listing with artists, which has been useful to read.
You must mean Stephen Preston! I studied organ with Simon, and I doubt that he still knows how even to hold a flute.  Baz |
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« Reply #1490 on: 12:37:14, 25-03-2008 » |
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Puzzle 457 - Malcolm Williamson's The Stone Wall - brought back some memories. I well remember watching its performance on television during the Last Night of the Proms in 1971 - the cries of "savages!" and "it's raining stones" - but I've not heard it since. It was specially written for audience particaption as they were put into two competing sides. The prommers were allowed in in the afternoon to rehearse something they'd never heard before but then they had to go out again afterwards and resume queueing. I bet that took some organizing.
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« Reply #1491 on: 13:17:45, 25-03-2008 » |
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Somewhat to the surprise of the present day Garnett looking back upon his younger self we recall that we were among the protagonists that evening of Mr Williamson's cassation. Unfortunately we cannot now bring to mind which of the two competing forces we ourselves presented to the viewing nation other than that we were of whichever team was on the right hand side of the arena and that theatrical gesture was required as well as lusty singing. All very jolly but not the sort of thing we are accustomed to undertake in public.
Our clearer recollection of that long ago evening was of Miss Jessye Norman essaying excerpts from M Berlioz's opera from Virgil and Mr John Ogdon performing a composition by the Abbe Liszt at the pianoforte.
Thank you for the opportunity to hear a snatch of my only Proms performance again after all these years, Tony, even if I failed miserably in recognising it.
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« Reply #1492 on: 14:47:15, 25-03-2008 » |
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I should like to bring to Mr. Grew's attention an impressive work by Bartok Bela entitled Out of doors.
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« Reply #1493 on: 14:53:04, 25-03-2008 » |
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Or indeed there is a concert suite (to keep it within the rules) from Mr Shostakovich's ballet Large Door.   |
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« Reply #1494 on: 16:06:06, 25-03-2008 » |
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...or another suite, from Rimsky Korsakov's 'Le Coq d'Or'.
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« Reply #1495 on: 16:43:56, 25-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #1496 on: 19:09:01, 26-03-2008 » |
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Kicking ourself about the Suk... You and me both, mate! I have trouble downloading Mr Watson's snatches usually - they get stuck at about 18% done*. This one was one of the few that I managed to complete, only to be tantalised by the last bars of the snatch which were so familiar. *Mr W - do you save files in a funny format? Mr T |
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« Reply #1497 on: 19:14:06, 26-03-2008 » |
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Kicking ourself about the Suk... A bad and painful habit, Sydney. Seek help immediately. |
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« Reply #1498 on: 19:19:19, 26-03-2008 » |
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Kicking ourself about the Suk... A bad and painful habit, Sydney. Seek help immediately. I blame the parents. |
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« Reply #1499 on: 19:23:14, 26-03-2008 » |
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Kicking ourself about the Suk... You and me both, mate! I have trouble downloading Mr Watson's snatches usually - they get stuck at about 18% done*. This one was one of the few that I managed to complete, only to be tantalised by the last bars of the snatch which were so familiar. *Mr W - do you save files in a funny format? Mr T I don't think so - just standard mp3. I've just tried downloading the Suk and it works for me (on a different computer from the one I uploaded it). Perhaps next time I'll put up something by John Blow. And an unofficial clue for 461 - listen to the accompaniment. |
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