Michael Tippett question

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

To the best of my (perhaps limited) knowledge, it's difficult if not impossible to indulge something that you don't have in the first place!

Oh, he's there in us all! ("Shadow and Light" and all that ... )

Would that make the sons of J S Bach "chips off the old block", then?

I'm no slouch in terms of my respect for Tippett, incidentally.

I know; and since posting my essay (!) I've read your fascinating (re Britten's ambivalence to Tippett) response to jayne lee on the "Post 1945 Symphony" thread. I seem to remember an earlier Tippett thread (perhaps on the old BBC MBs) where people contributed their "nominations" for "least favourite/successful piece by Tippett" and everyone had very different views. My own "unfavourites" are The Vision of St Augustine, the Songs of Dov and The Mask of Time - the first of which you cite as a work you admire. Such is the rich tapestry. My own defence of New Year was in reaction to the seemingly unanimous negative comments to a work which I think is considerably undervalued - and not meant as showing any personal disrespect towards anyone expressing those "negative" views.

Best Wishes.

[ahinton]

Oh, he's there in us all! ("Shadow and Light" and all that ... )

We all have to have a pee every now and then, I know, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Mr of that ilk has to be "in us all", you know! Anyway, what's Shadowtime got to do with this?

[Chris Newman]

indulgiing your inner Mr Pee (albeit with more impressive vocabulary)!

Perish the thought. I had to do that on Saturday evening after two pints too many of Summer Lightning.

[ahinton]

Perish the thought. I had to do that on Saturday evening after two pints too many of Summer Lightning.

Had I consumed (or rather attempted to consume) so much as a mouthful of that stuff, my inner Mr Pee wouldn't have stood a chance against my ditto Herr Blech - or at least I assume this to be the case, deducing as I do (from my position of self-confessed general ignorance of the subject) that the said stuff is a beer of some kind.