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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
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    Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
    No, it's not an anagram. It's one either you know or you don't, googling won't really help. It's one Simon might get, if he's still around.

    I'm surprised young Caliban hasn't got it as I know he knows it, even if he doesn't know he knows it.

    I will wait a bit before posting any help.
    Oh crikey.

    Better have a 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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    • BetweenTheStaves

      Would it be Rubbra and his 5th symphony described by one critic as 'a stuffed carcass of a symphony' ?

      Apropos a question from a few back, I was bemused to see that Bourton-on-the-Water is listed as the Venice of the Cotswolds because it is on a river !

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      • rubbernecker

        Originally posted by BetweenTheStaves View Post
        Would it be Rubbra and his 5th symphony described by one critic as 'a stuffed carcass of a symphony' ?
        Interesting as that sounds I'm afraid it's not my cousin, Rubbranecker.

        It's not a person or a piece of music. It is musical, though.

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        • Don Petter

          Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
          What R takes in the remainder of the stuffing mix?
          Rissoles!

          ['It's true', as Benny Hill would have said.]

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          • rubbernecker

            Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
            Rissoles!
            I can well imagine Riccardo Muti whipping up the Vienna Phil with such an exhortation

            But no...

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            • Nick Armstrong
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              • Nov 2010
              • 26524

              Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
              What R takes in the remainder of the stuffing mix?
              Bloody hell, I can't get anywhere near what you're on about here rubbers...
              "...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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              • Nick Armstrong
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                • Nov 2010
                • 26524

                Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                What R takes in the remainder of the stuffing mix?
                I now can't get out of my mind a product-placement version of Finzi's seasonal (and seasoned) cantata:

                In Terra Paxo
                "...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 Caliban View Post
                  I now can't get out of my mind a product-placement version of Finzi's seasonal (and seasoned) cantata:

                  In Terra Paxo


                  Now think what Maestro Locatelli would call it?

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                  • Norfolk Born

                    Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                    It's one either you know or you don't.
                    Your'e right, and I don't! Still, there's always 'S' to look forward to.
                    Meanwhile...Maria looks set to wrest the title of Silliest Cow On The Street from Eileen. The area behind her lugholes must be absolutely drenched.

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                    • Nick Armstrong
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26524

                      Ahhhhhhhhh.... like pomodori ripieni = stuffed tomatoes.... And 'ripieno' in music is when the instruments or chorus come in 'tutti' to fill out the texture after solo sections...

                      So...

                      Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrripieno???
                      "...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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                      • Nick Armstrong
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26524

                        Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
                        Meanwhile...Maria looks set to wrest the title of Silliest Cow On The Street from Eileen. The area behind her lugholes must be absolutely drenched.
                        Which one's Maria??

                        Eileen's understanding treatment from the cops was a relief (I've only seen as far as last Friday's ep...)
                        "...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 Caliban View Post
                          Ahhhhhhhhh.... like pomodori ripieni = stuffed tomatoes.... And 'ripieno' in music is when the instruments or chorus come in 'tutti' to fill out the texture after solo sections...

                          So...

                          Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrripieno???
                          Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrigt!

                          Ripieno is the term used to describe the remainder of the orchestra in a concerto or concertante work, ie. what’s left after taking away the soloists or the concertante group.

                          Ripieno literally means ‘the stuffing’ in Italian, therefore the musical ballast required to give a full sound.

                          The Ripieno stop featured on Italian-built organs provides an instant mix of full sound.

                          Guess you get the S, Caliban!

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26524

                            I wasn't sure whether you meant Pietro Locatelli the 18th C composer or Giorgio Locatelli the London restauranteur but anyway I assumed the latter which helped me there...

                            OK here's a quick "S" before I cycle home.

                            Even though it's early, let's try a different sherry to prepare ourselves for the later musical conjunction.
                            Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 02-03-11, 18:00. Reason: typo
                            "...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 Caliban View Post
                              Even though it's early, let's try a different sherry to prepare ourselves for the later musical conjunction.
                              Sammartini?

                              am= early
                              martini= different sherry
                              Giuseppe and Giovanni Sammartini were brothers, therefore formed a conjunction of sorts

                              ??

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                              • Nick Armstrong
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26524

                                Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                                Sammartini?

                                am= early
                                martini= different sherry
                                Giuseppe and Giovanni Sammartini were brothers, therefore formed a conjunction of sorts

                                ??
                                Wow rubbers - yet again, you rob me of words with your ingenious brain-work.

                                But no.

                                "...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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