The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[cloughie]

You got it! It's more like Richard Strauss than Richard Strauss could be! I've played it to at least a couple opf dozen people over the years and they've all identified it as Strauss, although a few have added "but what is it?"...

A lovely piece isn't it - I think I first heard it on CD Masters in the good old days of radio 3!

[ahinton]

A lovely piece isn't it - I think I first heard it on CD Masters in the good old days of radio 3!

Indeed it is wonderful! - but it almost tells me how a composer born in the 1880s and not in Germany seemed to know how to be Richard Strauss better than the real one did!

[oddoneout]

You got it! It's more like Richard Strauss than Richard Strauss could be! I've played it to at least a couple opf dozen people over the years and they've all identified it as Strauss, although a few have added "but what is it?"...

Was it just me or were there distinct shades of Till Eulenspiegel in there?

[DaisyDog]

Yeh! How about vegetarian composers...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yeh! How about vegetarian composers...

As soon as we reach the fiftieth anniversary of the partial decriminalization of vegetarianism, I'm sure the Beeb will mark the occasion accordingly.

[Old Grumpy]

As soon as we reach the fiftieth anniversary of the partial decriminalization of vegetarianism, I'm sure the Beeb will mark the occasion accordingly.

[antongould]

"I was on the radio ..........introducing hits by Rick Astley and Wet Wet Wet. I’d just turned 21 ...... "

A fine pedigree indeed but who I wonder .... ?????

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"I was on the radio ..........introducing hits by Rick Astley and Wet Wet Wet. I’d just turned 21 ...... "
A fine pedigree indeed but who I wonder .... ?????

What what what what what?!

[Richard Barrett]

I am pretty certain that I care not two hoots if Szymanowski was a gay man

If you were a gay man yourself (I think I can safely assume from your comment that you aren't) you might see that knowledge as welcome evidence that, while homosexuality has been denigrated and until recently punished by society, gay people have always been numbered among creative artists, in which capacity they've been able to express themselves in ways denied by the prejudice and lack of understanding characteristic of the societies they had to live in. The rolling back of discrimination against homosexuality is one of the few hopeful developments we see in society in recent decades, and it's a very big deal to a lot of people (and not only gay people). Why is something like this so hard for some people to understand and empathise with? (same with the Chineke Prom concert)

[cloughie]

"I was on the radio ..........introducing hits by Rick Astley and Wet Wet Wet. I’d just turned 21 ...... "

A fine pedigree indeed but who I wonder .... ?????

Is this one of your AA conundrums?

[french frank]

Is this one of your AA conundrums?

More a PT conundrum.

[antongould]

More a PT conundrum.

I pinched it from ff's right wing journal .... As you are a Rik Astley fan cloughers she might send you the link ......

[boilinthebag]

Tis our Petroc getting Wet Wet Wet

[antongould]

Tis our Petroc getting Wet Wet Wet

Indeed and it was good to have a Christmas Carol this morning ......

[french frank]

Tis our Petroc getting Wet Wet Wet

'Tis indeed Petroc on his early years at Classic FM, celebrating its 25 years on air this month.

The Spectator is not accessible to those who don't subscribe, but my cuttings manager copied it for me and I knew Lord Gould would be interested as he is Petroc's No. 1 fan.