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Essential Classics - The Continuing Debate
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by french frank View PostI 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?")
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostI don't suppose Suzy is that much of an expert on Alpinism.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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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostI don't suppose Suzy is that much of an expert on Alpinism. Everything is relative - the 1952 Everest expedition trained in Snowdonia, after all....
"Even the sheep must have oxygen masks here!"
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Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostAh, 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.
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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Originally posted by french frank View PostIf 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?O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights View PostAh, 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.
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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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Originally posted by french frank View PostIf 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'?
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