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« Reply #5715 on: 19:26:27, 12-09-2008 » |
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Congratulations, Janthefan, with your father 80s birthday.
I am happy that you negotiated it so well.
We still can sing Happy Birthday for your father (and for you, because if he wasn't born you would not be born either).
I am happy because Grade 5 Associated Board book for children is good.
They have the usual: Haydn, Kulau, Grieg, Schumann.
Contemporary pieces include Koechlin En faisant un bouquet, Staccato Beans by Tan dun (chinese kind of music), In the Groove by Mike Cornick.
My student liked all pieces and I think we are going to play all of them. He can then decide what to play for exam.
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« Reply #5716 on: 20:06:35, 12-09-2008 » |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #5717 on: 21:58:08, 12-09-2008 » |
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Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin (November 27, 1867–December 31, 1950) was a French composer, teacher and writer on music.
This is the first time I see his name. The last section of the book is XX century composers (may be XXI is included). My student is his mother liked the piece. I think he is going to select it for his exam.
Now since I looked when he lived I understand that he is not contemporary composer.
My student liked all three pieces. It is important because he will learn all three. It would be good to find a real contemporary piece for him, but I don't know any. Where can I look?
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« Reply #5718 on: 06:11:54, 13-09-2008 » |
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Yes that's right. I have his complete collection of orchestral music based on Kipling's The jungle Book. Not too bad either.
Janthefan. Good that your party went with a swing!!!
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« Reply #5719 on: 06:42:17, 13-09-2008 » |
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It is Saturday and it is happy room time. I have to remember the name of Eugine Koechlin now. I never heard of his name and now I know he has orchestral music based on Kipling's The jungle Book. My father used to read the book to me when I was sick. Happy memories. I did like his piece in Associated Board exam book. THis is about Kogan when he was learning Shostakovich violin concerto. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Sme8QfgpBrA&feature=related |
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« Reply #5720 on: 07:07:15, 13-09-2008 » |
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some of have to work I am intrigued by LOTP tonight. be interesting to hear 'no vibrato', by the BBCSO!! What about singing though?
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« Reply #5721 on: 07:16:11, 13-09-2008 » |
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« Reply #5722 on: 07:20:06, 13-09-2008 » |
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I do like the bass quite a lot and baritone. Therfe are not many sopranos I like though. i find a lot of them rather shrill. You can count me out as a maria Callas fan. Not just me but mrsBBM doesn't think her voice is all that good.
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« Reply #5724 on: 10:05:49, 13-09-2008 » |
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I like German and English tenors (not Italian), pure sopranos like Emma Kirkby, baritones if they aren't too heavy (I like John Shirley-Quirk, Keenlyside, Fischer-Dieskau usually), boy trebles/altos, most counter-tenors. I'm not keen on basses unless they are being either wicked or funny, which I suppose they often are. I can't stand dodgy intonation from anyone.
The appeal of Callas, BBM, was her dramatic ability rather than her voice, I think. She was mesmerising on the stage, so I'm told.
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« Reply #5726 on: 20:46:53, 13-09-2008 » |
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I went to Tesco and bought a new mobile this morning following the demise of my old one (see Grumpy Room). Spent more than I'd planned to as a Nokia 3110 took my eye. I was with Tesco before so I just used the SIM out of the old phone and I was away. It's got a v low quality camera on it, which I've tried out. I've also managed to connect it up to the PC - it uses a fairly standard USB cable - copy the photos I took across and recover most of my lost contacts from a backup I took from the old phone in March - better than typing them all in again. I have yet to delve into Bluetooth!  |
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« Reply #5727 on: 20:56:40, 13-09-2008 » |
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I am glad that you have a new mobile phone.
I too have a new phone, but there are features on it that I am not planning to use. I use my phone to get SMS. I send messages on computer and try to avoid using the mobile as much as possible.
I don't understand why this handsome man is here with his blue tooth, but it is nice to have him for a company.
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« Reply #5728 on: 22:21:44, 13-09-2008 » |
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Bluetooth t-p... google it !!!!
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« Reply #5729 on: 00:11:12, 14-09-2008 » |
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I too text as much as possible from the PC t-p, it's far quicker typing on a keyboard and also (but don't tell my ISP) I've found a way of texting for nothing  |
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