Originally posted by mercia
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Got to be Cloughie
"...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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a G linking Ralph and Gustav, Edward, Henry and Johannes.Comment
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More likely to be Mr Holst than Herr Mahler....?Originally posted by cloughie View Post"...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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Renewed thanks for this, mercia!!Originally posted by mercia View Post
I must read 'Noblesse Oblige'...
I love the way PGW's stuff is accurate - like Ian Fleming writing about Bond's cars and guns - such as Anatole's French expressions... and (as anyone who watched Michel Roux Jr on the recent Professional MasterChef will know) Anatole's 'Agnès Sorel' recipe is a real thing, a French classic of the Escoffier school http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZ1MiF5IA8
And what a fantastic description, to say that Anatole's French expressions came "fluttering from him like bats out of a barn" ...
... it even suggests the excitable hand movements accompanying the words...
Hats off to PGW - a genius!"...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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... well, there's a RVW GreensleevesOriginally posted by cloughie View Post
a Holst Brook Green from his St Paul's Girls' days
I like the novels of Henry Green
And I quite like the operas of Johannes Verdi....
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Not Green.Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... well, there's a RVW Greensleeves
a Holst Brook Green from his St Paul's Girls' days
I like the novels of Henry Green
And I quite like the operas of Johannes Verdi....Comment
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Originally posted by cloughie View Post
... of course it couldn't be "Green" - Verdi was a Josef not a Johannes... :hits own head with non-existent
emoticon:
[and blames it on additional unnecessary glass of a particularly undistinguished 2002 Haut-Bages-Libéral, not featuring currently on "what was your last bottle wine which you want to show off about" thread... ]Comment
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Some people say that we get the politicians we deserveOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
Wodehouse, on the other hand, wrote:
"He realized too late that George was in public relations, and the brains of people in public relations are like the soup in poor restaurants: It's never a good idea to stir them up."
Hat's off to Plum, I say!
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
- "Echézeaux!"
- "Bless you!""...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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Just looked at the G - and looking at one Edward came across the rather astonishing fact that RVW's music was banned in Germany in 1939. Can this be true?Comment
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Anna - you keep doing this - getting the answer by accident!Originally posted by Anna View PostComment
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I do? Well my Mum always says I am an accident waiting to happen!Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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My mum always said I was an accident!Originally posted by Anna View PostI do? Well my Mum always says I am an accident waiting to happen!
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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