Originally posted by mercia
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Oh. Malta. Charles Camilleri, 3rd piano concerto nicknamed "Leningrad". Other works elude my web browser
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Camilleri piano concertos - Mediterranean, Maqam, Leningrad
I think it's the turn of the spikey-one to set a questionComment
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Wow.... another one I'd never heard of.....Originally posted by mercia 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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not sure you've missed that much
but for a 17-year old composer I guess it's not badComment
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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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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:Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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
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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.Originally posted by hedgehog View PostI 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
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Shall I oblige? A D occurred to me...Originally posted by hedgehog View PostI'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
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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well Sir Colin was born in Weybridge and married in Teheran but I don't as yet understand the May/December referenceComment
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Yes indeed merciaOriginally posted by mercia View Post
... 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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Did that Oh! betoken realisation of the answer?Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostWell, it's a long, long time ...
Oh!
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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April {the name of his first wife} ......and November, the name of ............ his ............... ummmm ........... pet parrot/iguana ......whatever it was ......?Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Errrr... yes... and no... My intention was simply that May-December are the monthsOriginally posted by mercia View Post
"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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