... has died. In Tune conversation with Humphrey Burton at 17:47.
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Very sad to hear. I always remember some hints he gave to me, well advice, on the Brahms Ballade in G minor, which I just happened to be studying at the time, after the recital he gave(this piece was the encore). Such a nice gentle man. RIP
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Not 'Silence of the lambs' Anthony Hopkins?
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Probably the person who should have run Radio 3.Comment
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RIP
we had a thread at the time of his 90th birthday http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...antony+hopkins
I have two of his books - Talking about Music (Symphonies, Concertos, Sonatas) and The Dent Concertgoer's Companion, both illustrated with many music examples just as his talks wereLast edited by mercia; 06-05-14, 17:36.Comment
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Sir Neville Marriner mentioned him in his conversation with Sue MacGregor on Radio 4 this morning.My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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Ah. That explains it! Thanks.Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostNot 'Silence of the lambs' Anthony Hopkins?Comment
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Very sad news.
Like many others, I learnt a lot from AH's programmes on Radio 4 and have very fond memories of them.
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Anthony Hopkins CBE RIP
As he had to get used to saying ... 'I'm Anthony Hopkins. No, not that one, the other one!'
I first encountered him as the host of one of the Robert Meyer Concerts (1975 RFH) and later sat in on a studio session when he was doing one of his programmes.
Unique figure that makes one wonder, are they making them like that anymore?!
And if not, why not.Comment
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Surely he spelt his name without the h?
I remember him from Talking about Music of course, but also from his role as composer and presenter of Fritz Spiegl's April Fool Concerts in Liverpool in the 1950s.Comment
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Another Friend of Radio 3. He suggested, rather impishly, that he be addressed as 'CBE, FRCM, (Hon) RAM' on correspondence and was half amused, half gloomy when he started to receive royalty cheques intended for (Sir) Anthony Hopkins, who became a recorded composer a couple of years ago. [He did return them!]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.Comment
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Like others of my generation I never missed his weekly radio programmes. He also came and spoke to the school when I was in the 6th Form - though I can't remember the subject. Years later I spent a wonderful afternoon with him and his wife in their remote cottage in the Chilterns. We were thinking of putting on one of his operas at the school I taught at then and he invited the drama teacher and myself to go through the score with him. He played through the whole opera, singing most of the parts as he went on. I don't remember the opera or even the title, but their hospitality was genuine and unforgettable.Comment
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Sad news indeed.
This was a guy who really could talk about music.
I used to have those wonderful books,talking about symphonies,concertos and sonatas,alas now lost.
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Hopkins' book on the Beethoven symphonies was my first explanatory book re these works, and his other publications and talks were always readable and understandable and enjoyable.
A great loss indeed
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