'Catching A Concert With Elgar'

[Guest]

by Compton Mackenzie.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/catching-a-concert-with-elgar

'You are not going to wait and hear Rachmaninov play his concerto?'

'No, no, no. I told you that I do not take the least interest in music now.'

Utterly surreal, especially Mackenzie's horror at having to actually shell out for tickets like some scummy prole.

[Nick Armstrong]

by Compton Mackenzie.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/catching-a-concert-with-elgar

'You are not going to wait and hear Rachmaninov play his concerto?'

'No, no, no. I told you that I do not take the least interest in music now.'

Utterly surreal, especially Mackenzie's horror at having to actually shell out for tickets like some scummy prole.

Interesting, thanks for that Eccentric stuff, indeed!

[JFLL]

I just wonder whether the clerk thought 'Oh no, here's another one pretending to be Sir Edward Elgar to get in free'.

[Karafan]

Ha! Great article, Throppers. The sense of punctured hauteur is palpable!

[Thropplenoggin]

Ha!...The sense of punctured hauteur is palpable!

[BBMmk2]

Another thank you Thropps fopr that Gramophone link re elgar.

[Thropplenoggin]

Another thank you Thropps fopr that Gramophone link re elgar.

Glad you enjoyed it, BBM. You too, Karafan.

[gradus]

Wonderful snapshot of a lost era - possibly just as well.

[EdgeleyRob]

I enjoyed that,thanks Thropplenoggin,proper chap EE.

[Pabmusic]

Billy Reed recalled how painful it was to sit next to Elgar at a concert, because of all the pinches and punches at the most emotional passages.

[teamsaint]

Cheers Throppers. Brilliant stuff !

I should like to transport the spirit of Elgar to the classical brits.

[amateur51]

Billy Reed recalled how painful it was to sit next to Elgar at a concert, because of all the pinches and punches at the most emotional passages.

I don't pinch and punch but I do tend to somatise (as they say) my involvement in the concert performance. Fortunately a few years ago I developed a non-Parkinson's essential tremor in my left hand so I always apologise for any discomfort this may cause my immediate neighbours at the concert and they're usually very sweet about it (or too embarassed to mention it).