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  • Bryn
    Banned
    • Mar 2007
    • 24688

    Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
    I have just retreated to the other room. Suzy announced that the winning companion piece today (for Hamish MacCunn's LOTMATF) would be Dvorak's Ma Vlast. I was intrigued as this was new to me, but it became clear she meant Smetana's. Simple enough mistake......
    Ah. Suzy Sourcream, rather than Creamcheese, eh?

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    • Richard Tarleton

      Originally posted by french frank View Post
      I think there was a tactful whisper in her 'phones, as it was Smetana before the piece actually began. Bit of a put down for Pat in Chingford for suggesting Eine Alpensinfonie ("Have ever visited the Alps?")
      Poor Pat was probably just hoping for 55 minutes of uninterrupted music. I don't suppose Suzy is that much of an expert on Alpinism. Everything is relative - the 1952 Everest expedition trained in Snowdonia, after all....

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 30241

        Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
        I don't suppose Suzy is that much of an expert on Alpinism.
        One of the problems with this kind of programme is the presenter assumes the role of expert in everything, ponderously repeating the few details reently culled from Wikipedia: Turina, Zipoli, Antonio Soler. Radio 1 dance music. Hamish MacCunn
        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.

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        • Eine Alpensinfonie
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 20570

          Originally posted by french frank View Post
          Bit of a put down for Pat in Chingford for suggesting Eine Alpensinfonie ("Have ever visited the Alps?")
          That would have messed up their schedule.

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          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20570

            Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
            I don't suppose Suzy is that much of an expert on Alpinism. Everything is relative - the 1952 Everest expedition trained in Snowdonia, after all....
            That reminds me of when I was a student at Bangor University. A friend offered me a lift home to my student digs in a tiny village at quite a high altitude near Bethesda. As he drove ever higher,through the bleak, narrow lanes, he gasped:

            "Even the sheep must have oxygen masks here!"

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 22114

              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
              That would have messed up their schedule.
              But let's look at the positives that would have yielded.

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              • Bax-of-Delights
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 745

                Ah, we've hit the motherload with the "follow on" feature. What could come next after Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours"?

                There can be ONLY one response.

                Allan Sherman. Come on in, your time is NOW.
                O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30241

                  Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
                  Ah, we've hit the motherload with the "follow on" feature. What could come next after Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours"?

                  There can be ONLY one response.

                  Allan Sherman. Come on in, your time is NOW.
                  If Clemency Burton-Hill can play Gerry and the Pacemakers' Ferry Cross the Mersey, Suzy Klein could play Hello mudder, hello fadder. It's a classic, no?

                  At least the Brainteaser required a certain amount of knowledge. This monstrosity is little more than, "Here's a piece of music, suggest another one that we could play." What's the dictionary definition? 'To make more simple or less intellectually demanding, especialliy in order to appeal to a broader audience'?
                  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.

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                  • Eine Alpensinfonie
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 20570

                    Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
                    Ah, we've hit the motherload with the "follow on" feature. What could come next after Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours"?
                    Well, what comes after it in Fantasia?

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                    • Bax-of-Delights
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 745

                      Originally posted by french frank View Post
                      If Clemency Burton-Hill can play Gerry and the Pacemakers' Ferry Cross the Mersey, Suzy Klein could play Hello mudder, hello fadder. It's a classic, no?
                      Well, I have better things to do than listen to this nonsense any more so please post if SK actually mentions Allan Sherman.
                      O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

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                      • Richard Tarleton

                        Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View Post
                        Ah, we've hit the motherload with the "follow on" feature. What could come next after Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours"?

                        There can be ONLY one response.

                        Allan Sherman. Come on in, your time is NOW.
                        Be careful what you wish for, Bax. A Sherman it is (I'm not listening either, just passing through while putting out the rubbish)

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                        • Bax-of-Delights
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 745

                          Well. Who'd a thought it?


                          An indication that these pieces are chosen before the show and the hope is that someone emails or texts in the "correct" answer. And an imaginary name and email can always be shoe-horned in if no-one suggests the chosen one.

                          Too cynical?
                          O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!

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                          • DracoM
                            Host
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 12960

                            Nope.

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                            • antongould
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8778

                              Originally posted by french frank View Post
                              If Clemency Burton-Hill can play Gerry and the Pacemakers' Ferry Cross the Mersey, Suzy Klein could play Hello mudder, hello fadder. It's a classic, no?

                              At least the Brainteaser required a certain amount of knowledge. This monstrosity is little more than, "Here's a piece of music, suggest another one that we could play." What's the dictionary definition? 'To make more simple or less intellectually demanding, especialliy in order to appeal to a broader audience'?
                              Poor #HeyClem; Frenchie is never going to forgive and forget ......

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                              • Eine Alpensinfonie
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 20570

                                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                                Poor #HeyClem; Frenchie is never going to forgive and forget ......
                                I would, were she to become a reformed character.

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