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  • cloughie
    Full Member
    • Dec 2011
    • 22107

    Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
    Mauro Giuliani?

    He wrote a Gran Quintetto, op. 65 (two violins, viola, cello & guitar)

    But surely it couldn't be that obscure? Or could it....
    It certainly could and is!

    Have you got the next one for us?

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26506

      Originally posted by cloughie View Post
      It certainly could and is!

      Have you got the next one for us?
      I think the rubbers-cloughie confrontation is a fascinating one - each regards the puzzles as being as much IQ tests as 'musical trivia' questions, I think!



      "...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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      • rubbernecker

        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
        It certainly could and is!

        Have you got the next one for us?
        Cloughie, you are a clearly complete and certifiable C (by any standards)

        Thomas's conception was to be grander than the symphonic poem; but in the end it was Bach who provided the soundtrack - all the others were merely incidental. What's the H?

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26506

          Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
          Cloughie, you are a clearly complete and certifiable C (by any standards)
          Whereas you Rubbers repeatedly earn your place among the great Rs of the world...



          (phew... Frenchie's "language" robot is still pursuing Anna, I hear... )
          "...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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          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
            Gone fishin'
            • Sep 2011
            • 30163

            Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
            Thomas's conception was to be grander than the symphonic poem; but in the end it was Bach who provided the soundtrack - all the others were merely incidental. What's the H?
            Hamlet?
            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              ... 'tho' I suspect I've fallen into a carefully-laid trap!?
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                ... or perhaps I've won a cigar?
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26506

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  ... or perhaps I've won a cigar?
                  Ah... I've just got the Bach connection. I think you may be right, ferns. Smart thinking
                  "...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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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                    Thomas's conception was to be grander than the symphonic poem; but in the end it was Bach who provided the soundtrack - all the others were merely incidental. What's the H?
                    Ambroise Thomas' opera, Hamlet; (which is a lot longer than ... )
                    Liszt (and Tchaikovsky) Symphonic Poem Hamlet;
                    Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Walton, Me: Incidental Music for various productions of Hamlet;

                    ... and Bach/Loussier Air on a G-String (LOOK OUT!!! - ROBOTS!!!) as background to "the mild cigar from Benson & Hedges"!
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26506

                      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                      Ambroise Thomas' opera, Hamlet; (which is a lot longer than ... )
                      Liszt (and Tchaikovsky) Symphonic Poem Hamlet;
                      Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Walton, Me: Incidental Music for various productions of Hamlet;

                      ... and Bach/Loussier Air on a G-String (LOOK OUT!!! - ROBOTS!!!) as background to "the mild cigar from Benson & Hedges"!


                      Surely correct Where's rubbers gorn?
                      "...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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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • Anna

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                          (phew... Frenchie's "language" robot is still pursuing Anna, I hear... )
                          I do apologise for any rudeness on my part yesterday. Mea Culpa, plus 3 Hail Marys and a Novena chucked in for good measure plus a healthy dose of self flagellation is called for

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                          • rubbernecker

                            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                            Ambroise Thomas' opera, Hamlet; (which is a lot longer than ... )
                            Liszt (and Tchaikovsky) Symphonic Poem Hamlet;
                            Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Walton, Me: Incidental Music for various productions of Hamlet;

                            ... and Bach/Loussier Air on a G-String (LOOK OUT!!! - ROBOTS!!!) as background to "the mild cigar from Benson & Hedges"!
                            Oh, bravo, Ferney

                            A full house, and most definitely a cigar!

                            (When you say 'me' do you mean yourself or the Great Brian?)

                            Now put one on the I-Player for us...

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                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                              When you say 'me' do you mean yourself or the Great Brian?
                              - no, in a previous life, (before Ferneyhough was even a name to me!) I composed some music for a production of the play: scored for a quartet of percussionists and a Flute/Saxophone player, it was closer to Birtwistle's Orestia Music.

                              Now put one on the I-Player for us...
                              An ostrich becomes a stork, (rudely) interrupted, between a stringy Serenade and a Nocturne. What am I going on about?
                              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                              • amateur51

                                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                                Bravo fhg!

                                And many thanks for the link … soooo funny!

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