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I'm old, grumpy, dislike politics enormously, think "there's nowt so queer as folk" all the time, but listen all day to classical music. D'yer think this board is for me?
Ena
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« Reply #1 on: 16:09:44, 23-10-2007 » |
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Welcome Ena! Quite right to be grumpy about the lack of response, but as you're the first person I've actually bothered to welcome here I hope this helps to make up for it! I'm sure you'll find like-minded people on this board, and as long as you don't mind the odd disagreement ( usually polite!) you'll probably enjoy it.  Stuart |
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I'm old, grumpy, dislike politics enormously, think "there's nowt so queer as folk" all the time, but listen all day to classical music. D'yer think this board is for me?
Yes, yes a *thousand* times 'yes'! Maybe you might consider putting a post in 'now spinning' that we might converse about what you are currently listening to? |
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« Reply #3 on: 16:14:08, 23-10-2007 » |
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Ena
How could we possibly ignore you? A thousand apologies and a thousand welcomes.
I do not like politics. I do not like getting up in the morning and using the bathroom. However both are an inescapable part of life, and some people will mention the social context of matters. You need take no notice.
I am one of the folks of which there is nowt so queer.
Best wishes
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I'm old, grumpy, dislike politics enormously, think "there's nowt so queer as folk" all the time, but listen all day to classical music. D'yer think this board is for me?
Yes, yes a *thousand* times 'yes'! Maybe you might consider putting a post in 'now spinning' that we might converse about what you are currently listening to? Thanks increpatio. At the moment it's Norrington's Beethoven 9. I like his speeds, but it's different from Klemperer's aint it! They don't seem to wobble so much these days - what's happened to how things used to be? Still, "there's nowt so queer..." grump! Ena P.S. what are you listening to then? |
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« Reply #5 on: 16:28:40, 23-10-2007 » |
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Ena
How could we possibly ignore you? A thousand apologies and a thousand welcomes.
I do not like politics. I do not like getting up in the morning and using the bathroom. However both are an inescapable part of life, and some people will mention the social context of matters. You need take no notice.
I am one of the folks of which there is nowt so queer.
Best wishes
Thanks Don Basilio. Yes - politics is boring. But what makes YOU "so queer" then? (Answer on a postcard please.) Ena |
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« Reply #6 on: 16:35:39, 23-10-2007 » |
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A warm welcome, Ena. A fair degree of sharples to go with your marbles, I see! |
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« Reply #7 on: 16:47:25, 23-10-2007 » |
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We've seen so many ex-members rejoin this week, Ena, that you might well name this board The Rover's Return. I'm glad you like the tempi in Norrington's Beethoven 9... I thought I was possibly the only one? Which other of the Norrington Beethovens have you liked (or hated)?
Welcome on board, pull yourself a pint of Newton & Ridley's and make yourself at home.
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« Reply #8 on: 16:55:51, 23-10-2007 » |
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We've seen so many ex-members rejoin this week, Ena, that you might well name this board The Rover's Return. I'm glad you like the tempi in Norrington's Beethoven 9... I thought I was possibly the only one? Which other of the Norrington Beethovens have you liked (or hated)?
Welcome on board, pull yourself a pint of Newton & Ridley's and make yourself at home.
I just had one Mr Reiner - even that wasn't as it used to be! Still we are in the 21st century, and must be thankful for small mercies. I've actually listened to ALL Norrington's "Beethoven" symphonies! And damn me - I've come to one final conclusion (final, that is, until someone shakes me out of it): Norrington seems to be the only damned person who actually UNDERSTANDS Beethoven (and surely that should have not been too difficult, should it?). God alone knows what he does to the orchestra to get it - where are the string wobbles, where is Klemperer's S---L---O---W tempo (in everything) - where are those funny "extra" trumpet parts that Karajan unashamedly inserted into no. 7? In truth, the whole thing's a mystery! BUT - without mystery where do we go (and what are we)? Ena |
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« Reply #9 on: 17:25:43, 23-10-2007 » |
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I'm old, grumpy, dislike politics enormously, think "there's nowt so queer as folk" all the time, but listen all day to classical music. D'yer think this board is for me?
Yes, yes a *thousand* times 'yes'! Maybe you might consider putting a post in 'now spinning' that we might converse about what you are currently listening to? Thanks increpatio. At the moment it's Norrington's Beethoven 9. I like his speeds, but it's different from Klemperer's aint it! Oh I don't know Norrington at all. Will check him out as soon as I can, see what the devil his performances sound like! I am currently listening to...nothing! Well; I'll have to do something about that then.  Listening now to the canon in 4 voices by Stanchinsky, played by dear Mr. Thomas Adès. |
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I'm old, grumpy, dislike politics enormously, think "there's nowt so queer as folk" all the time, but listen all day to classical music. D'yer think this board is for me?
Yes, yes a *thousand* times 'yes'! Maybe you might consider putting a post in 'now spinning' that we might converse about what you are currently listening to? Thanks increpatio. At the moment it's Norrington's Beethoven 9. I like his speeds, but it's different from Klemperer's aint it! Oh I don't know Norrington at all. Will check him out as soon as I can, see what the devil his performances sound like! I am currently listening to...nothing! Well; I'll have to do something about that then. Listening now to the canon in 4 voices by Stanchinsky, played by dear Mr. Thomas Adès. Well increpatio - we learn something each day don't we? There I was thinking that Stanchinsky only wrote piano pieces, and here you go telling me about something called "canon in 4 voices". Is that for piano as well perhaps? I think I'd better sit down with a Newton & Ridley and do some research. But, increpatio, if you haven't heard of Norrington, how could you have heard of Beethoven? Life's a mystery for sure. |
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« Reply #11 on: 17:36:01, 23-10-2007 » |
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Well increpatio - we learn something each day don't we? There I was thinking that Stanchinsky only wrote piano pieces, and here you go telling me about something called "canon in 4 voices". Is that for piano as well perhaps? I think I'd better sit down with a Newton & Ridley and do some research.
Yes, it is rather a piano piece. And rather a darling one at that. I have several recordings of works of his, and all are piano works. (I think 'voice' here means 'part'. My iPod says 'Canon a 4 voci'.) But, increpatio, if you haven't heard of Norrington, how could you have heard of Beethoven?
Life's a mystery for sure.
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« Reply #12 on: 17:48:25, 23-10-2007 » |
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Well increpatio - we learn something each day don't we? There I was thinking that Stanchinsky only wrote piano pieces, and here you go telling me about something called "canon in 4 voices". Is that for piano as well perhaps? I think I'd better sit down with a Newton & Ridley and do some research.
Yes, it is rather a piano piece. And rather a darling one at that. I have several recordings of works of his, and all are piano works. (I think 'voice' here means 'part'. My iPod says 'Canon a 4 voci'.) But, increpatio, if you haven't heard of Norrington, how could you have heard of Beethoven?
Life's a mystery for sure.
Verily! iPods are to be obeyed (I am told). If you doubt them for one second, they wipe themselves clean, and you lose everything. Clearly, if what you are listening to is being played on the piano, and the iPod tells you that the same is a "Canon a 4 voci", do not for one moment stop, even to think of the meaning of "voci" - just believe it. If you can hear more than one "part", be prepared to believe (without question) that there are indeed FOUR of them. And don't expect the slightest help from iTunes either! GRUMP! |
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« Reply #13 on: 17:50:54, 23-10-2007 » |
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But what makes YOU "so queer" then? (Answer on a postcard please.)
Ena
I don't want to be stereotyped. If you stay around you're probably find out. |
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« Reply #14 on: 17:52:48, 23-10-2007 » |
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Welcome Ena! Have you heard the Hermann Scherchen recordings of Beethoven with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra? D'be interested what you make of those.
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