if you like Elgar I guess this is for you
with Elergy or Elegy
EDIT: spelling corrected
with Elergy or Elegy
EDIT: spelling corrected
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Wow! Another classic FM night!
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"Elergy" indeed.
Yes I know there is a :sigh:emoticon.
What we really need is a :total world weariness: emoticon.
[As it happens, Elgar does nothing for me - and tonite I'm dining out - but the :sigh: :weariness: emotions/emoticons remain valid
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So more like Elgar's "Allergy" for Strings, vindiesel?Originally posted by vinteuil View Post"Elergy" indeed.
Yes I know there is a :sigh:emoticon.
What we really need is a :total world weariness: emoticon.
[As it happens, Elgar does nothing for me - and tonite I'm dining out - but the :sigh: :weariness: emotions/emoticons remain valid ]
I'm working on a *Weltschmerz* emoticon for you to use...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostI'm working on a *Weltschmerz* emoticon for you to use...
... odd, ain't it? - that we have to go to the furriners for expressions like that - I mean, what's the English for Weltschmerz - Verneinung des Willens - ennui - aboulia - accidie/acedia ???Last edited by vinteuil; 06-10-11, 13:50.Comment
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Pain in the a*se?Originally posted by vinteuil View PostI mean, what's the English for Weltschmerz - Verneinung des Willens - ennui - aboulia - accidie/acedia ???Comment
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The 4 greatest composers of all time are:
Bach, Mozart and Beethoven - because everyone says so
and Elgar, because I say so.
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What a good Elgar concert this has turned out to be - not exactly adventurous, but some fine playing.Comment
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Surely a "good" Elgar concert is a tautology ?
(JOKE )
When my daughter was young I almost convinced her that El-Gar was the Spanish word for station
which it should be ! At least she now has grown out of the idea of playing the Cello concerto and is learning the Britten Suites and Ligeti Sonata !
phew
(I had far too much Elgar inflicted on me by my piano teacher when I was a teenager, she was bonkers, and spoke to him from beyond the grave so its a bit of a block for me .......... though the 1st Symphony is a wonderful piece indeed )Comment
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tau·tol·o·gy /tɔˈtɒlədʒi/ Show Spelled[taw-tol-uh-jee] Show IPAOriginally posted by MrGongGong View Post
noun, plural -gies.
1. needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
2. an instance of such repetition.
3. Logic .
a. a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “A or not A.”
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sorry that should have been
Oxymoron
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What has happened to the Elgar symphonies on R3 this year? The 1st has appeared once and part from a couple of chunks, nothing else. Are they now considered to scary?Comment
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Bit like what happened to VW, at this year's proms!!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Elgar 1 & 2 this arvo, BBCSSO/RunniclesComment
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"What has happened to the Elgar symphonies on R3 this year? "
They are always on!
Or it seems like they are.
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