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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5795

    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    You're looking for two composers and an author to lead you to a B who is neither
    Brilliant picture, Calibs! I do hope Hodgy is OK, safely back from St Tiggywinkles and tucked up in bed

    Could the Alexander be Glazunov?
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26506

      Originally posted by Flay View Post
      Could the Alexander be Glazunov?
      Not in this instance!

      Alexander is the one who isn't a composer.
      "...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

        Johann Mattheson ?

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26506

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          Johann Mattheson ?
          Brilliant!!!

          Do go on.....
          "...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

            the life of Boris Godunov dramatised by Alexander Pushkin in his play of 1831, incidental music by Sergei Prokofiev (1936).
            and a 1710 opera by Johann Mattheson, rediscovered this century and first performed 2005.

            Mattheson (1681-1764) - according to wikipedia - was a friend of Handel but on one occasion had an argument with him resulting in Handel being stabbed but saved by a button - so now you know

            there are also two vocal "Boris Monologues" by Sergei Rachmaninov
            Last edited by mercia; 23-02-13, 06:19.

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            • Flay
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 5795

              Well that's goodunov coleslaw for me! Astonishing!
              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                Good old Buttons. Not only did he help Cinderella to happiness, he also saved Handel's life!
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26506

                  Originally posted by mercia View Post
                  the life of Boris Godunov dramatised by Alexander Pushkin in his play of 1831, incidental music by Sergei Prokofiev (1936).
                  and a 1710 opera by Johann Mattheson, rediscovered this century and first performed 2005.

                  Mattheson (1681-1764) - according to wikipedia - was a friend of Handel but on one occasion had an argument with him resulting in Handel being stabbed but saved by a button - so now you know

                  there are also two vocal "Boris Monologues" by Sergei Rachmaninov


                  Not only immaculate coleslaw, but we get free amuse-gueules too! Real standard! I had no idea about the Handel attempted g.b.h. (or worse) nor about the Rachmaninov connection

                  If I could offer more than a mere C, I would gladly do so!
                  "...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
                    • 26506

                    incidentally, just for total completeness, I don't think anyone picked up the tiny little clue I slipped into the 'UPDATE' bit of my #31314? (Modest Mussorgsky having written perhaps the best-known version of Boris's life...)

                    "...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
                      incidentally, just for total completeness, I don't think anyone picked up the tiny little clue I slipped into the 'UPDATE' bit of my #31314? (Modest Mussorgsky having written perhaps the best-known version of Boris's life...)
                      No, nobody did

                      We were too worried about Hedgehog, and also shocked to discover Anna and ferney whipping...
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • hedgehog

                        Hello all!

                        Thankyou for all your kind wishes. Friday evening is not a good time to have an accident, I had to wait quite a while, but my paw did get stitched up & it's OK but swollen. Gash in palm, so a bit limited for a few days.

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                        • mercia
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          no, completely missed modest - I think flay is awaiting a question - I hope he's done his chores



                          C, a composer, who gave us these three works, probably in vinteuil territory

                          'elegant' Europe, Venetian 'celebrations' and the three Ages of life

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                            swollen. Gash in palm
                            nasty !!! - but your typing isn't suffering - A&E full of young revellers ?

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                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              Originally posted by Flay View Post
                              also shocked to discover Anna and ferney whipping...
                              It's Friday night! What else are we expected to do?



                              These syllabubs don't whisk themselves, y'know!
                              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                              • amateur51

                                Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                                Hello all!

                                Thankyou for all your kind wishes. Friday evening is not a good time to have an accident, I had to wait quite a while, but my paw did get stitched up & it's OK but swollen. Gash in palm, so a bit limited for a few days.
                                Lordy hodge, what were you doing? Shucking oysters?

                                Very good to know that you are stitched up and welcome back!

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