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  • hedgehog

    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    in this case the "George Cross" island [if that means anything to you]
    Oh. Malta. Charles Camilleri, 3rd piano concerto nicknamed "Leningrad". Other works elude my web browser

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      Camilleri piano concertos - Mediterranean, Maqam, Leningrad


      I think it's the turn of the spikey-one to set a question

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      • Nick Armstrong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 26514

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        Camilleri piano concertos - Mediterranean, Maqam, Leningrad
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Camilleri
        Wow.... another one I'd never heard of.....
        "...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

          not sure you've missed that much
          Charles Camilleri (1931-2009) (Malte)Piano Concerto No. 1 « Mediterranean » (1948)Pianiste : André De GrooteDir : Michael Laus1- Allegro moderato (10.41)2- A...

          but for a 17-year old composer I guess it's not bad

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          • hedgehog

            Funny that - I saw the three piano concertos but for some reason just didn't register the names of the other two

            I'll set a D, but later this evening, just on quickly now before my battery goes empty on my laptop - left my adapter elsewhere

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            • vinteuil
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 12765

              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              Maqam
              ... maqam is interesting.

              Wiki is helpful :

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              • hedgehog

                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                ... maqam is interesting.

                Wiki is helpful :

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_maqam
                It is interesting vinteuil, also when one considers that the word maqam was taken over into the Sephardic (and others?) Jewish tradition. Also similarities to the Iranian dastgah:



                and further afield to the Indian system of raga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raga

                Of the latter there are strong indications that the system of raga was influenced by maqam but they are separate entities, not derivations.
                I don't know heaps on this subject but have delved into it a bit over the years, but wiki links are easier than typing.


                I'm sorry, I should be setting a D, but I just don't feel like it at the moment. Maybe tomorrow, when my spines are down , or someone else can

                I genuinely set questions which I think can be solved, but do try to come up with something new. I don't do it to show off, nor does it matter to me how somebody arrives at the answer, it's all harmless fun to me and I think here at least on AA it's all very cheerful. But I'm feeling a bit churlish at the moment so maybe I should go off and eat some slugs to help out a distressed gardener or two

                I

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                  I genuinely set questions which I think can be solved, but do try to come up with something new. I don't do it to show off, nor does it matter to me how somebody arrives at the answer, it's all harmless fun to me and I think here at least on AA it's all very cheerful. But I'm feeling a bit churlish at the moment so maybe I should go off and eat some slugs to help out a distressed gardener or two
                  We're all allowed an attack of the grumps every so often. Enjoy a fume somewhere and then return refreshed at your leisure to give us one of your customarily excellent puzzles.
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • Nick Armstrong
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26514

                    Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                    I'm sorry, I should be setting a D, but I just don't feel like it at the moment. Maybe tomorrow, when my spines are down , or someone else can
                    Shall I oblige? A D occurred to me...

                    From Weybridge to Teheran during May to December?
                    "...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
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      well Sir Colin was born in Weybridge and married in Teheran but I don't as yet understand the May/December reference

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26514

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        well Sir Colin was born in Weybridge and married in Teheran but I don't as yet understand the May/December reference
                        Yes indeed mercia ... it's my little Colin Davis tribute question ...

                        As to the remaining element, what is a characteristic of those months, May especially...?
                        "...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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                        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                          Gone fishin'
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 30163

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          As to the remaining element, what is a characteristic of those months

                          Well, it's a long, long time ...

                          May especially...?
                          Oh!
                          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26514

                            Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                            Well, it's a long, long time ...

                            Oh!
                            Did that Oh! betoken realisation of the answer?

                            What do those months succeed... ?
                            "...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

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              What do those months succeed... ?
                              April {the name of his first wife} ......and November, the name of ............ his ............... ummmm ........... pet parrot/iguana ......whatever it was ......?

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26514

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                April {the name of his first wife} ......and November, the name of ............ his ............... ummmm ........... pet parrot/iguana ......whatever it was ......?
                                Errrr... yes... and no... My intention was simply that May-December are the months

                                "following April"...

                                i.e. singer April Cantelo, Colin Davis's first wife...

                                His second being Iranian whom he wed in Teheran

                                Having been born in Weybridge.

                                Your E I think... or our hedgey friend if she wishes to resume?
                                "...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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