BaL 23.09.17 - Franck: Symphony in D minor

[HighlandDougie]

[COLOR="#0000FF"]Just motoring along the French coast, cloudless skies and warmish sunshine,

Clearly not the Côte d'Azur, where it was attempting to snow earlier - much too chilly to pootle or motor along in a DS19.

[MickyD]

Absolutely. Yesterday in Arles there was a bone-chilling 110km Mistral blowing here all day!

[Sir Velo]

Absolutely. Yesterday in Arles there was a bone-chilling 110km Mistral blowing here all day!

Makes you appreciate how people are driven to cut their ears off...

[Bryn]

Absolutely. Yesterday in Arles there was a bone-chilling 110km Mistral blowing here all day!

Who was responsible of measuring the Mistral's length? How is that done?

[Serial_Apologist]

Who was responsible of measuring the Mistral's length? How is that done?

My friend Annie Mommetter, normally!

[Bryn]

My friend Annie Mommetter, normally!

She can be a real hot wire but tends to deal with speed rather than linear mensuration.

[Serial_Apologist]

She can be a real hot wire but tends to deal with speed rather than linear mensuration.

While she can also get into a spin, she rarely takes off!

[vinteuil]

Who was responsible of measuring the Mistral's length? How is that done?

... Bryn - you must remember that in French the h is silent. So when Micky said 110 kmh, you just didn't 'hear' the h

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[MickyD]

Who was responsible of measuring the Mistral's length? How is that done?

Ask Metéo France - they are the ones who forecast it. But believe me, it is no joke to be out in the street when it is doing its worse. Last year I nearly got picked up and thrown into the Rhône whilst I was crossing the bridge!

[Bryn]

... Bryn - you must remember that in French the h is silent. So when Micky said 110 kmh, you just didn't 'hear' the h

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At least you get what I was referring to. Mind you, it should surely be km/h, not kmh.

[Nick Armstrong]

Clearly not the Côte d'Azur, where it was attempting to snow earlier - much too chilly to pootle or motor along in a DS19.

To give you a clue, the next piece on the Poulenc album concerned a Baigneuse who was much closer to where I was....

But we digress from Franck, and shall be rebuk'd

[MickyD]

At least you get what I was referring to. Mind you, it should surely be km/h, not kmh.

Yes, Bryn, you are quite right.

[HighlandDougie]

To give you a clue, the next piece on the Poulenc album concerned a Baigneuse who was much closer to where I was....

But we digress from Franck, and shall be rebuk'd

Ah, Trouville. Now, the neighbouring Deauville was frequented, according to Ned Rorem, by Poulenc in search of .... well, hmm. And wonderfully captured in Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Bob le Flambeur”. Maybe César Franck (“dreary” - mais non!) went there for his hols. Anyway, perfect music for motoring in, I hope, a déesse along the Côte Opale.

[vinteuil]

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... and a stop-off, we hope, at the Grand Hotel, Cabourg ( = Balbec... )




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[vinteuil]

In the Suite it's the third movement: the Adagietto, Caliban.

... a pedant writes : shurely shome mishtake? The adagietto is the fourth movement -

1. Ouverture
2. Rondeau
3. Chanson Dansée
4. Adagietto
5. Jeu
&c

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