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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
    Does this need jazzing up at all ?

    Am I having a conversation with myself?
    Don't excurt yourself, Res.
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • Resurrection Man

      Well, I think that it is that masterful pianist Bill Evans...

      reclusive ....."conversation with myself"

      reputed to look like Horowitz when playing

      "Bill Evans, on the other hand, resembles in his posture and positioning a Vladimir Horowitz, the Russian-born performer more acclaimed than any other in my lifetime for his pianism. I retain a vivid memory of a televised concert of Horowitz, sitting low, his face close to the keyboard, the weight from his arms and long fingers sufficient of themselves to allow negotiation of notoriously difficult passages—not only with consummate ease but with definitive, clarion tones consistent through each note of a sequence demanding identical pressure from each finger of both hands."

      Moonbeams?

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      • mercia
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8920

        Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
        Well, I think that it is that masterful pianist Bill Evans...

        reclusive ....."conversation with myself"

        reputed to look like Horowitz when playing

        sorry, nothing doing there


        the moon and time travel are to do with one opera
        the Horowitz refers to one particular piano work
        the "reclusive portion" is a poem


        the E word very much in all three titles - [and hinted at by ferneyhough]

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        • amateur51

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          sorry, nothing doing there


          the moon and time travel are to do with one opera
          the Horowitz refers to one particular piano work
          the "reclusive portion" is a poem


          the E word very much in all three titles - [and hinted at by ferneyhough]
          Is it étude? - as in Morton Gould's Boogie Woogie étude?

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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
            Is it étude? - as in Morton Gould's Boogie Woogie étude?
            'fraid not

            another American 20th century composer

            EDIT - the piano piece is in 4 movements but only 3 were ready for Horowitz to premiere

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            • amateur51

              Maybe it's not Vladimir Horowitz?

              Joseph?

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              • amateur51

                Ah! Vladimir Horowitz gave the premiere of the first 3 movements of Samuel Barber's 4 movement Excursions .. which contains boogie-woogie elements ...?

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                • mercia
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                  Ah! Vladimir Horowitz gave the premiere of the first 3 movements of Samuel Barber's 4 movement Excursions .. which contains boogie-woogie elements ...?
                  excellent - knew you'd get there

                  Excursions it is

                  EDIT - so that moon journey and poetic recluse portion ?

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                  • amateur51

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    excellent - knew you'd get there

                    Excursions it is
                    Cheers mercs

                    The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century is Janáček's 5th opera
                    Last edited by Guest; 01-09-12, 10:44. Reason: accents

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                    • mercia
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                      Cheers mercs

                      The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century is Janáček's 5th opera


                      just the pome now

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                      • vinteuil
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12798

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        poetic recluse portion ?
                        wd be Wordsworth - The Recluse, part of The Excursion...

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                        • amateur51

                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          wd be Wordsworth - The Recluse, part of The Excursion...
                          Bravo vints!

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            wd be Wordsworth - The Recluse, part of The Excursion...
                            very good [or is it the other way round - Excursion part of The Recluse ? - I bow to your superior knowledge]


                            well that's it - I need question-setting coaching

                            Excursions

                            Samuel Barber's piano piece, mostly premiered by Horowitz (V)
                            Janacek's The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century
                            Wordsworth's The Excursion

                            an ammy F ???

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                            • vinteuil
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 12798

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              very good [or is it the other way round - Excursion part of The Recluse ? - ]



                              ... no, you're right - my mistook here - "The Excursion" was to have been the middle section of "the Recluse"

                              My bad....

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                              • amateur51

                                Stand by - anything can happen in the next five minutes!

                                What F links an unfinished masterpiece, a book of spells, and an unreliable witness from the commedia dell'arte?



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