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Oh yes, that plump tenor with a sort of splutter when he spoke but a good singing voice..... Erm, Julian somebody?
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« Reply #1246 on: 17:53:36, 14-05-2007 » |
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Ah, sorry. Cross postings.
Robin Ray indeed, but Joseph Cooper did the dummy keyboard.
And in Mt Music, was it John somebody?
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« Reply #1247 on: 18:11:15, 14-05-2007 » |
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Yes, it was John Amis. Just did a Yahoo search and there was also an Owen Brannigan, somebody needs to remind me about him  |
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« Reply #1248 on: 18:49:26, 14-05-2007 » |
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Yes, it was John Amis. Just did a Yahoo search and there was also an Owen Brannigan, somebody needs to remind me about him Owen Brannigan was a bass-baritone (?) - stalwart of Glyndebourne (I think) in the 50s and 60s, sang with English Opera Group too, made quite a lot of discs, Handel with Beecham, popular ballads, Britten operas (Peter Grimes I think), also the Sergeant of Police in the 1968 D'Oyly Carte Pirates of Penzance. |
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« Reply #1249 on: 19:03:33, 14-05-2007 » |
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roslyn, Ah, of course. I have an LP where he sings stuff like Cherry Ripe and Heart of Oak  |
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« Reply #1250 on: 19:25:30, 14-05-2007 » |
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Yes, a very 'bass' baritone I think! I have him on a disc of Warlock songs, doing something like Captain Whathisname's Fancy, which is about as close as I come to light music I'm afraid ...
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« Reply #1251 on: 19:48:52, 14-05-2007 » |
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Owen Brannigan did several important Britten premieres: Swallow (Peter Grimes), Collatinus (Rape of Lucretia), Noah in Noye's Fludde, Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream.
Robin Ray was the son of the comedian Ted Ray, which always seemed a bit unlikely.
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« Reply #1252 on: 00:29:16, 15-05-2007 » |
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Robin Ray was comedian Ted Ray's son, and married the lovely Susan Stranks of Magpie. There was an odd mixture of reverence and irreverence about 'Face the Music' that I think hooked me when I was about 11-
a glimpse of an adult world apparently playing post-Edwardian parlour games, but steeped in broader lore.
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« Reply #1253 on: 00:30:09, 15-05-2007 » |
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Owen Brannigan was also a wonderfully funny Silvano in the Janet Baker (etc) La Calisto. He displayed a magnificently generous tummy in that role, an endearing sight only matched in recent years by the equally cuddly Clive Rowe. I think the initial line up for 'My Music' included the bass David Franklin and it was after his death that John Amis was drafted in as a replacement. Oh, and as this is the Happy Room I'm fairly chirpy this morning because, despite the dreary weather, I've just discovered from the 'bourgeoisie' pillow fight over in the boys' dorm that I don't actually count as bourgeois after all . That hadn't really occurred to me before. All that wasted guilt! |
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« Reply #1254 on: 11:05:33, 15-05-2007 » |
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Robin Ray was comedian Ted Ray's son, and married the lovely Susan Stranks of Magpie. There was an odd mixture of reverence and irreverence about 'Face the Music' that I think hooked me when I was about 11-
a glimpse of an adult world apparently playing post-Edwardian parlour games, but steeped in broader lore.
Robin Ray was the one who could always remember all the opus numbers, which always seemed disproportionately to impress Richard Baker (the old newsreader, not the young composer!) and Bernard Levin. And, until his death some years ago, he was pretty big on CFM - helped found it, I believe, and certainly presented programmes on it. |
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« Reply #1255 on: 15:09:19, 15-05-2007 » |
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 Have just come hot-foot over from Grumpy Old RR....Happy because I've sneaked out from work to lunch with my man, and nobody has noticed.  Wasn't Robin Ray really hot on poetry too? What a loss people like him are to the Arts. I've always wished I had time to immerse myself as fully as someone like him. I would never remember all the details/ opus numbers etc...my brain just can't do it. I have a friend who knows all the Latin names for plants - I can scarcely remember the common names ! x Jan x |
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« Reply #1256 on: 15:38:00, 15-05-2007 » |
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I think John Amis was pretty good at opus numbers, too. I comfort myself by thinking that opus numbers are absolutely nothing to do with music. Even with Britten I only know Op.1 (Sinfonietta) and 31 (Serenade for tenor, horn and strings). That's it.
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« Reply #1257 on: 16:00:28, 15-05-2007 » |
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I pretend it's pretentious to remember such things....
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I'm happy!!!!!!!!  Very happy!!!!!!!!! Had a 2½ meeting this morning being grilled by a Moderator about my Year 2 Teacher Assessments alongside the Y2 SATS results, also the whole range of assessments throughout the school, and had lots of my classwork inspected, and the verdict was: "Fully Compliant". Hooray!!!!!!!! I was very nervous about it as I'm not a terribly well-organised person - paperwork is not my forte! - so the relief when she announced those magic words was enormous! It was a team effort, several of us involved, but as main teacher in a job-share I had a fairly hefty responsibility to get things right! |
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