A very very sad loss. I've learned such a lot from him over the years.
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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One of the best.
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Yes; very sad news indeed. RIP.Comment
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He never really seemed to age.Comment
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Terribly sad news - my second death over Christmas. His excellent work on JB and Elgar continue to delight. Definitely worth getting if you haven't already: http://www.musicweb-international.co...li_Kennedy.htm
RIP Mr Kennedy."Let me have my own way in exactly everything, and a sunnier and more pleasant creature does not exist." Thomas CarlyleComment
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very sad news but a good innings . Time to play some Barbirolli VW I think -Comment
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OMG! RIP MICHAEL KENNEDY
Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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Oh dear. His book on Elgar has been my constant companion over many years.
RIP.
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Elgar, Mahler, RVW, Strauss, Walton ... a superb writer and commentator on Music; as frenchie says, one of the best. His broadcasts in the '70s and '80s were essential to my knowledge and understanding of so much Music.
RIP and many thanks
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I entirely agree Karafan; he wrote with such passion and insight and was the author who inspired me to travel up to Manchester ( on account of what he wrote in the Halle Tradition) to see JB and for that, I am forever in his debt. RIPLast edited by Nimrod; 31-12-14, 17:55.Comment
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A very very sad loss indeed.Originally posted by Caliban View PostA very very sad loss. I've learned such a lot from him over the years.
My main inspiration and guide for Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Walton.
He will be missed.
RIP Michael Kennedy
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Hiya Caliban, I often saw Michael Kennedy at the Bridgewater Hall. We would often greet each other and occasionally say a word or two although I can't say that I knew him. Whenever there was a programme containing Richard Strauss, Elgar and Vaughan Williams he would always be there and I always felt he was especially fond of the Halle orchestra. I saw him give lectures on RVW several times over the years and he had a nice, relaxed manner about him. A sad loss to the music world. R.I.P.Originally posted by Caliban View PostA very very sad loss. I've learned such a lot from him over the years.
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Hiya Serial_Apologist,Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
I'm not sure about not aging. Intellectually maybe. Over the last few years physically he was very bad on his legs, sometimes having to use a wheelchair in the Bridgwater Hall.Comment
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Michael Kennedy
Oh no. 2014 has one last visit by the GrIm music Reaper.
RIP Michael Kennedy.Comment
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Indeed moeranb... Thought it's best to combine the threads....Originally posted by moeranbiogman View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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