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« Reply #1230 on: 08:31:31, 14-05-2007 » |
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Artunian, possibly, Mary. Will look out for Matthew Hardy. How did the Cor Anglais player get on in the slow movement of the Franck? Perilous if player has dined well before the show.
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« Reply #1231 on: 10:25:11, 14-05-2007 » |
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Last night I went to a Youth Orchestra concert (Arnold's Scottish Dances, Trumpet Concerto by?? (Arantu- something), brilliantly played by one Matthew Hardy, Franck's D Minor symphony. So heartening to see all those lovely kids concentrating so hard and doing so well.
Well, I was at a youth orchestra concert yesterday afternoon too - the Brighton Youth Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Bruch's Violin Concerto (the soloist was a fantastically accomplished local teenager) and Mahler's 5th (sans second movement - the orchestra is building up to a complete performance in the summer- but with a terrific young horn player in the Scherzo). Wonderful stuff, and I agree that there is something very special about young performers taking on works of this stature. The sheer commitment was overwhelming. |
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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 #1232 on: 12:22:21, 14-05-2007 » |
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It was Arutunian, apparently - I didn't know it at all. This was the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Matthew Hardy won some local concerto competition recently.
The cor anglais player was very good. I think it was one of the boys who played the oboe earlier in the concert, but someone else has the programme at the moment so I can't check. (The other oboe player was Michael Small, the son of the RLPO's principal oboe, which gives him a good start! He was a first rate boy treble not so long ago.) Anyway, a very touching evening all round. I'm still feeling cheerful because of it. We hear so much bad about teenagers, but these were mostly teenagers.
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« Reply #1234 on: 14:35:40, 14-05-2007 » |
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« Reply #1235 on: 15:28:18, 14-05-2007 » |
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did anyone hear the ballet music from 'la giaconda' on r3 the other day?
there's a march in it that opens with a fanfare that is *note for note* the theme from 'Knight Rider'.
Ah, is that the bit that goes dum diddy durrr, dum diddy durrr, dum diddy dur dur durrrr ? Tommo |
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« Reply #1236 on: 16:07:06, 14-05-2007 » |
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dum diddy durrr, dum diddy durrr, dum diddy dur dur durrrr
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« Reply #1237 on: 16:46:38, 14-05-2007 » |
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Gosh! You're right - that's what was going through my head as well as images of David Hasselhoff. I know what I find the more attractive......
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« Reply #1238 on: 16:54:12, 14-05-2007 » |
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did anyone hear the ballet music from 'la giaconda' on r3 the other day?
there's a march in it that opens with a fanfare that is *note for note* the theme from 'Knight Rider'.
Ah, is that the bit that goes dum diddy durrr, dum diddy durrr, dum diddy dur dur durrrr ? Tommo We are a few short steps from HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON territory here  Btw, anyone heard from Ollie? He seems to have been awfully quiet recently. Unless I`ve missed something. Obvious. I probably have. Doh. Pulls up hood and departs. |
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« Reply #1239 on: 17:34:37, 14-05-2007 » |
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dum diddy durrr, dum diddy durrr, dum diddy dur dur durrrr
Tommo, isn't that from a Dvorak symphony? Gosh! You're right - that's what was going through my head....... Hey Tommo, can you feel a dum diddy dum thread coming on?  John W |
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« Reply #1240 on: 17:37:48, 14-05-2007 » |
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what was that show called where someone played a piece on an electronic keyboard with the sound down and the contestants had to guess what it was??
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« Reply #1241 on: 17:41:50, 14-05-2007 » |
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Well, I remember Joseph Cooper on his 'dummy piano', it wasn't an electronic keyboard (we're talking 1960's I think). We've had these reminisces before at 'the other place', might have been 'Face The Music', and I recall Robin someone in the panel, was very knowledgable, today he'd just be regarded as a smarmy smart-ass, I liked him.  |
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« Reply #1242 on: 17:43:08, 14-05-2007 » |
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Well Joseph Cooper used a wooden keyboard (not electronic) in Face the Music. Was it Face the Music, or was that Steve Race?
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« Reply #1243 on: 17:45:27, 14-05-2007 » |
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I think Steve Race was 'My Music' with Dennis Nordern, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and .......
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« Reply #1244 on: 17:47:52, 14-05-2007 » |
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Well, I remember Joseph Cooper on his 'dummy piano', it wasn't an electronic keyboard (we're talking 1960's I think). We've had these reminisces before at 'the other place', might have been 'Face The Music', and I recall Robin someone in the panel, was very knowledgable, today he'd just be regarded as a smarmy smart-ass, I liked him. Wasn`t it Robin Ray? With the Dummy Keyboard? Rather dapper chap, dark hair? Knew his stuff though. As I remember.... |
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