Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc played by M. Roget in last Monday's lunchtime concert, repeated next Sun and on the iPlayer. Lovely playing and with the Poulenc suite, unusual repertoire. Interested if anyone else thinks the piano sounds very different to the usual WH instrument. Probably the combined effect of my ears and the car radio but it sounded un-Steinway to me viz bell-like treble and a less-focused bass - Bluthner-ish sound.
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No doubt the critics will be reaching for their Thesauruses.RogetLast edited by Sir Velo; 11-06-14, 11:32. -
Enjoyed the way he made the familiar Ravel Sonatine interesting and involving to hear. Didn't notice the piano.Comment
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Oh dear, Pascal Rogé.Comment
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I have this piece, possibly the easiest of Ravel's piano oeuvre for the amateur of scant technique such as I to play. I still find it an enigmatic, emotionally dead work - so different from the stunning contemporary "Miroirs", and have yet to hear a performance that makes sense of it. The rest of the concert was fine, but with a reading of the famous "Claire de Lune" - which, as I understand it, its composer hated - which was almost over-indulgent.Originally posted by Lento View PostComment
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...in my book, it's perfectly OK to shove an English plural form on any 'foreign' word that has become accepted into the English language, e.g. prospectuses, referendums, Wiener schnitzels.....Last edited by ardcarp; 11-06-14, 17:22.Comment
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In my book, namely the OED, I'm amazed to see that they only give the plural thesauri. In principle, I agree that once a word has become 'naturalised' it bends to English rules.Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
I do avoid using panini in the 'plural', thoughIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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