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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26574

    La Vie de Brian is simply as good as film comedy gets, one of my top 6 without a shadow...

    Mmmmmm.... o.k. then.

    An M s.v.p. to connect Daphnis, Theseus and Venus among others.
    "...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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    • cloughie
      Full Member
      • Dec 2011
      • 22190

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      La Vie de Brian is simply as good as film comedy gets, one of my top 6 without a shadow...

      Mmmmmm.... o.k. then.

      An M s.v.p. to connect Daphnis, Theseus and Venus among others.
      Ought to do wi muses or myths, guv?

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26574

        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
        Ought to do wi muses or myths, guv?
        Sorry to keep you waiting, kept looking but missed that earlier.

        Certainly all mythological characters but that's not the M... This puzzle like part of the previous one has a French accent...

        "...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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        • mercia
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8920

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          Daphnis, Theseus and Venus
          another composer (like Porpora) off my radar
          if I'm right, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711-1772), Venus et Adonis (1752), Daphnis et Alcimadure (1754), Thesee (1765)
          you'll have to make do without accents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Joseph_de_Mondonville
          his rosey cheeks go well with his blue wig
          Last edited by mercia; 06-03-12, 07:19.

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26574

            Originally posted by mercia View Post
            another composer (like Porpora) off my radar
            if I'm right, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711-1772), Venus et Adonis (1752), Daphnis et Alcimadure (1754), Thesee (1765)
            you'll have to make do without accents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Joseph_de_Mondonville
            his rosey cheeks go well with his blue wig
            Well done, mercia! Yes! Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, to give him his rather splendid full name, whose 300th anniversary last Christmas day went unmarked as far as I know

            It was the Porpora comment that prompted me, actually mercia - thought you'd like another obscure one Actually I know more Mondonville than Porpora: this is a gorgeous record, for example http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/B...Classics/93906

            An N to start the day, sir?
            "...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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            • mercia
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8920

              being a rather shallow sort of chap, I like my baroque to have trumpets and drums. does Jean-Joseph ever employ them?

              anyway.......


              N

              15 litres of Verdi, Britten and Dankworth

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26574

                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                being a rather shallow sort of chap, I like my baroque to have trumpets and drums. does Jean-Joseph ever employ them?
                Me too! And yes!
                "...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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                • Norfolk Born

                  Originally posted by mercia View Post
                  being a rather shallow sort of chap, I like my baroque to have trumpets and drums. does Jean-Joseph ever employ them?

                  anyway.......


                  N

                  15 litres of Verdi, Britten and Dankworth
                  Nebuchadnezzar:
                  Verdi's Nabucco
                  Britten's Burning Fiery Furnace
                  Album by John and Alec Dankworth

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                  • mercia
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8920

                    Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                    Nebuchadnezzar:
                    Verdi's Nabucco
                    Britten's Burning Fiery Furnace
                    Album by John and Alec Dankworth
                    well done NB

                    you probably got that ages ago

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                    • Norfolk Born

                      I took my time checking the spelling of the 'N' word! An 'O' coming shortly.

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                      • Norfolk Born

                        Which 'O' links:
                        Somebody who prefers peace to war; a controversial drama critic; a railway junction; Brighton Pier; and a number about a politician's wife?
                        All elements are musical.

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                        • amateur51

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Actually I know more Mondonville than Porpora: this is a gorgeous record, for example http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/B...Classics/93906
                          Many thanks for this, Caliban - Listening now on Spotify - what a find, cor!

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22190

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            another composer (like Porpora) off my radar
                            Mine too, too damned early!

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                            • Norfolk Born

                              Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                              Which 'O' links:
                              Somebody who prefers peace to war; a controversial drama critic; a railway junction; Brighton West Pier; and a number about a politician's wife?
                              All elements are musical.
                              (I forgot to specify which Brighton Pier!)

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                              • mercia
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8920

                                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                                Mine too, too damned early!
                                not too early for me, just totally unknown

                                I shall make a brave leap into the dark

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