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That sounds a wonderful way to spend an evening, Milly. I can just picture the two of you having a lovely conversation together while the cold and the wind do their worst outside.
I do hope the Simon Russell Beale programme isn't going to be torn apart by those who know about these things because I got a lot from it and became re-excited about the whole Notre Dame School. A couple of CDs now dug out for listening later this evening. For the duration I even (just about) overcame my slight phobia of Harry Christophers who always seems to be living life in front of a bedroom mirror which can be a bit creepy. But for me the programme as a whole had "Telly as it ought to be and still sometimes is" written all over it.
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It was a wonderful evening indeed, George. We're very happy!  To round the evening off for you though, and to make it absolutely perfect, would you like to hear me sing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfKz-sF8KUY  |
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I saw it, and I agree it was excellent. It's just so unusual to have an intelligent programme like that on television. It made it possible to imagine the shock of the new, and a world without polyphony.
It was hearing a work by Perotin (though obviously not the one they sang tonight) that inspired Quint's calls in Britten's Turn of the Screw, so the influence of this music lasted.
George - I spent a good bit of time wondering who Harry Christophers reminded me of, and decided it was probably Cliff Richard.
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When I said I saw it and agreed it was excellent, I meant the Simon Russell Beale programme, not the FFJ clip! Oh, she was unbelievable  . |
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I also thoroughly enjoyed Sacred Music. It was given time to make points without frenetic editing and gimmicks and there seemed real expertise in the contributions. Simon Russell Beale was a constant presence in the programme but he managed to avoid that self importance that others are prone to when it seems the show is about them rather than the subject. Hopefully The Sixteen's concert on Sunday will include some Notre Dame music among the expected Tallis, Palestrina and Bach.
Seperated at birth, Harry Christophers and Lionel Blair.
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When I said I saw it and agreed it was excellent, I meant the Simon Russell Beale programme, not the FFJ clip! Oh, she was unbelievable . How could you Mary! I'm hurt! Nay.... wounded! My Queen of the Night is an acknowledged party piece. Emma Kirkby eat your heart out! |
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« Reply #21 on: 21:55:06, 21-03-2008 » |
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I love 7 year olds! They're like sponges ready to absorb information.
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P-W. Worry not. Teenagers are going through "that awful phase". She'll come out of it in the end. That's why I make the most of the birth to 12 years. After that it's flaming hard work!  If you do the ground work young though. as I have, they go back to it later usually. |
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« Reply #23 on: 22:00:34, 21-03-2008 » |
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Does anyone know what those half-triangle shaped clarinets were?
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Does anyone know what those half-triangle shaped clarinets were?
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« Reply #26 on: 22:13:40, 21-03-2008 » |
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Thanks George and Richard  , I remember wondering what they were the first time I saw the performance back in 2006, but forgot to ask |
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P-W. Worry not. Teenagers are going through "that awful phase". She'll come out of it in the end. That's why I make the most of the birth to 12 years. After that it's flaming hard work! If you do the ground work young though. as I have, they go back to it later usually. I know, I know ... but it is infuriating at times. Perhaps I should have told her not to watch it at all |
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Just awoke to sound of gander extricating itself from a saxophone on Jez on 3, gander (aka Tony Northrup?)uncredited-presumably the series Tinners is trailingwill redress the balance and again feature Harry Christophers as Lionel Blair. Truly the golden age of television returns.
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