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  • cloughie
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    • Dec 2011
    • 22116

    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    Shall I save Anna the bother, and produce my W?

    Anna if you were desperate to set it, I'll donate a letter on request in future (if I ever solve a puzzle )


    So a W svp to link firsts for Palestrina, a Yank in a European capital, and a tantalising Tenth...
    We'll leave her the X!

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26524

      Originally posted by cloughie View Post
      We'll leave her the X!
      "...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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      • Flay
        Full Member
        • Mar 2007
        • 5795

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
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        So a W svp to link firsts for Palestrina, a Yank in a European capital, and a tantalising Tenth...
        An American in Paris was premiered on December 13 1928 in Carnegie Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony.
        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 26524

          Originally posted by Flay View Post
          An American in Paris was premiered on December 13 1928 in Carnegie Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony.
          You are making very good progress!
          "...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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          • Flay
            Full Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 5795

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            You are making very good progress!
            I had tried Bruno Walter but apparently he refused to conduct Mahler's 10th.

            Mind you he did conduct the premiere of Pfitzner's opera Palestrina
            Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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            • Flay
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 5795

              Gosh, this is tragic:

              Walter's daughter Marguerite was murdered on August 21 of 1939 in Berlin by her husband, who then killed himself; his motive was jealousy over her growing relationship with the Italian basso Ezio Pinza. Walter's wife fell into a permanent depression, and Walter blamed himself for the tragedy, as his daughter had met Pinza only because Walter had made special efforts to hire him to sing the role of Don Giovanni.
              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26524

                Originally posted by Flay View Post
                I had tried Bruno Walter but apparently he refused to conduct Mahler's 10th.

                Mind you he did conduct the premiere of Pfitzner's opera Palestrina


                What other tantalising tenths have there been?
                "...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
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26524

                  Originally posted by Flay View Post
                  Gosh, this is tragic:
                  "...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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                  • amateur51

                    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                    We'll leave her the X!
                    Mmmm X for breakfast!

                    Anyone else remember that silly alphabet that starts ...

                    A for 'orses

                    B for lamb etc


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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      What other tantalising tenths have there been?
                      You don't mean Das Lied do you? (I expect not )
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                        Anyone else remember that silly alphabet that starts ...

                        A for 'orses

                        B for lamb etc
                        only vaguely

                        C forth Highlanders
                        D for dumb

                        ??

                        here it is

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26524

                          Originally posted by Flay View Post
                          You don't mean Das Lied do you? (I expect not )
                          Your expectations are correct!

                          Only you mentioned Mahler. He's nothing to do with the question
                          Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 15-11-12, 14:31. Reason: typoo
                          "...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

                            Walter Weller - Beethoven 10 ????

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5795

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Your expectations are correct!

                              Only you mentioned Mahler. He's nothing to do with the question
                              Bruckner's 9th in 10 minutes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA77PGy0dTk

                              Listen to the last bars - faster than I've heard before, with a sforzando on the last horn note. Very unusual (to me).
                              Last edited by Flay; 15-11-12, 14:41. Reason: Note added about the last note.
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • Flay
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                I thought it was all the same Herr Walter
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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