Shostakovich 4: anyone else got a 'problem piece' by a beloved composer?

[antongould]

Am I allowed to like Ralph McTell?

[teamsaint]

What on this thread?

I guess so, if you like Richard Thompson also...

I won't tell....

(clearly about to have my exceptionally thin knowledge of folk music exposed now.....)

[antongould]

What on this thread?

Paul Simon, Ralph McTell and if I can just get Jackie Milburn in...........

[teamsaint]

[QUOTE=antongould;229173]

What on this thread? [\QUOTE]

Paul Simon, Ralph McTell and if I can just get Jackie Milburn in...........

or Rofl As they say on the Shostakovitch/Folk circuit... !(feeble attempt to get back on topic)

[richardfinegold]

i am female. if i was male, my name would be robert or roberto. er is not my dad. i like alwyn and arnold and i have heard little folk music, but the fans of folk are wierdos (sorry ts, not you of course!)

Bob Dylan will throw his harmonica at you for saying that!

[Nick Armstrong]

I was recently in contact with an Italian pianist called Nicola. Nicola is male, always has been. I've not asked him about his name, but assume he's not the only one.

Yes, I have a good friend in Italy called Nicola (accent on the 'co') and his wife and children are convinced, as I am, that he is male. I have a cousin in France called Dominique - he is similarly saddled with Y chromosomes.

I'd certainly assumed roberta was as her pseudonym indicates

[roberta]

Yes, I have a good friend in Italy called Nicola (accent on the 'co') and his wife and children are convinced, as I am, that he is male. I have a cousin in France called Dominique - he is similarly saddled with Y chromosomes.

I'd certainly assumed roberta was as her pseudonym indicates

pseudonym? my name is roberta!!! weird people in this room!!!!? i dont know about nicolas or nikitas etc, but there is just robert (mans name) roberta (womans name) and roberto (latin mans name).

[Nick Armstrong]

pseudonym? my name is roberta!!! weird people in this room!!!!?

Hardly weird. The majority of people (on this Forum as on others) choose a pseudonym, I think it's therefore more unusual that you use your real name. However, no offence intended! The fact that you don't start yours with a capital R made me assume that it wasn't your real name - illogical, I know, as capital-C-Caliban isn't my real name!

[roberta]

Hardly weird. The majority of people (on this Forum as on others) choose a pseudonym, I think it's therefore more unusual that you use your real name. However, no offence intended! The fact that you don't start yours with a capital R made me assume that it wasn't your real name - illogical, I know, as capital-C-Caliban isn't my real name!

grown up people using childish names!!! no offence taken caliban

[Nick Armstrong]

grown up people using childish names!!! no offence taken caliban

Thank you, Roberta !

[Bryn]

grown up people using childish names!!! no offence taken caliban

More a matter of avoiding cyber-stalking, I think, roberta. I too use my own given forename now, but that's because I was a bit careless in my early days on the internet and became all too easily traceable by anyone sad enough to want to stalk me, so gave up on the pseudonyms.

[roberta]

More a matter of avoiding cyber-stalking, I think, roberta. I too use my own given forename now, but that's because I was a bit careless in my early days on the internet and became all too easily traceable by anyone sad enough to want to stalk me, so gave up on the pseudonyms.

Bryn, i get a few undesirables on facebook (where i also use my surname) but i expect radio 3 bloggers to be well-adjusted adults - a cast-iron assumption

[MrGongGong]

Bob Dylan will throw his harmonica at you for saying that!

I'd pay good money for that IF it was the ONLY harmonica he ever had access to

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

weird people in this room!!!!?

You say that like it's a bad thing!

[gurnemanz]

Thanks to this thread I have just rediscovered Shostakovich 4 - I think the least listened to in my long-standing Haitink box. It's really exciting and the LPO sound is terrific.

Other random points from above posts:

• I also like the Arnold symphonies and strongly recommend the Andrew Penny Naxos Box.
• I have many Dylan albums and books - he's been with my since I was about 15 and I've seen him four times live over more than 30 years. His latest Tempest is a surprisingly relaxed and genial effort, including a song about John Lennon.
• We go to quite a few folk performances - some favourites from recent years have been Karine Polwart, June Tabor, Kathryn Williams, a Scottish band Breabach. We even saw Bellowhead at the Proms. Barb Jungr is a big Dylan fan with a couple of albums of his songs. We saw her a few weeks ago at a village hall here in Wiltshire.
• Possibly our best folk gig ever was the Pogues on St Patrick's Day 1988 with Shane MacGowan just about coherent and able to stand up and the sadly missed Kirsty McColl guesting on Fairytale of New York
• Richard Thompson is certainly a genius. We've only seen him once but he's on at the Anvil next year. It's a great venue and we are probably going to book. We've also seen his son Teddy who is a fine performer.