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The other (Sir) Anthony Hopkins is, among other things, a composer, according to Wiki...
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Probably just trying to emulate the real AH.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThe other (Sir) Anthony Hopkins is, among other things, a composer, according to Wiki...
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Both Hopkinses are. I'm told Antony has in the past received royalty payments intended for Anthony. He did, of course, return them. I hope the same operated in the other direction ...Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThe other (Sir) Anthony Hopkins is, among other things, a composer, according to Wiki...It 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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Half an hour in, and the day is going well! His vocal/orchestral music is something I've never given much time to before.
I think I've just heard L' Aurore, a Prix de Rome entry, didn't quite catch the introduction.Comment
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they've dug-up some interesting stuff from the archives
as has been mentioned, I wonder how many other major composers could be 'dealt with' in a dayLast edited by mercia; 07-03-14, 07:35.Comment
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Very interesting stuffOriginally posted by mercia View Post
Now playing is a part of Miroirs, BPO Boulez, how can I get anything done today
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Can't get i-player thing to work ..gah!
too many folks listening to Ravel?"Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."Comment
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A Man of Influence, mercsOriginally posted by mercia View Post 
"...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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There is SO MUCH CHAT!
Blimey!!
Play the frigging MUSIC!!Comment
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What did you expect when "clear the schedules" for Ravel meant shoe-horn the music of Ravel into the existing programme structure?Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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I'm OK with Ravel-chat, biographical info. etc. - but to still be having trailers for Ravel Day when we are in the midst of it seems mad, if we haven't got the message yet we must be mentally deficient - and I think they should have ditched the news and newspapers in Breakfast, the music seemed almost incidentalLast edited by mercia; 07-03-14, 13:11.Comment
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
yes!
...and especially the bloke with the very French accent who says that 'we'll be looking at Ravel de man'... I shouted at the radio: "Demain? It's bloody Aujourd'hui mate" before I realised what he meant....
"...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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Well, whatever, I wish I could just sit and listen all day. However I have just engineered a half-hour lunch break which included the Piano Trio which is just an astonishing piece. The textures are so original, though sometimes spoiled if the modern concert grand swamps everything. The Bechstein Hall...
was built between 1899 and 1901 by C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik, the German piano manufacturer, whose showroom was next door. The renowned British architect Thomas Edward Collcutt was commissioned to design the space. Collcutt was also responsible for the Savoy Hotel on The Strand (since modified) and the Palace Theatre on Cambridge Circus (originally the Royal English Opera House), with which the hall shares pale terracotta ornamentation.
The Bechstein Company built similar concert halls in Saint Petersburg and Paris, though like its London offices and performing space, these and the business as a whole suffered during the First World War. Bechstein was forced to cease trading in Britain on 5 June 1916 after the passing of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act 1916 and all property including the concert hall and the showrooms was seized and summarily closed.[2] In 1916 the hall was sold as alien property at auction to Debenhams for £56,500 – a figure considerably short of the £100,000 cost of the building alone. It was then rechristened Wigmore Hall and opened under the new name in 1917.
...would presumably have had a Bechstein in Ravel's day, less powerful in the treble than a Steinway.
I thought today's performance was terrific. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who was at the Wigmore in person on the subject of balance.Comment
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post"Demain? It's bloody Aujourd'hui mate" Brilliant!
Yes, I thought the trailer idiotic, especially so today.
But the string quartet.... !!
Such a mature work!
Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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