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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by antongould View Post
    He took his grapes to York Mountain Winery seemingly rather than to hospital as us lesser mortals do.....
    He did an' all.

    Gissa Q, or R as the spirit moves you please anton

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    • antongould
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8833

      If I may I'll jump the Queue.

      An R to connect

      Eight Bells
      St. John's
      South Wind

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      • amateur51

        Originally posted by antongould View Post
        If I may I'll jump the Queue.

        An R to connect

        Eight Bells
        St. John's
        South Wind
        South wind - is that a mistral?

        Eight Bells - Alistair MacLean?

        St John's - cracking roasted bone marrow, Gromit

        How'm I doing, anton?
        Last edited by Guest; 14-08-13, 11:49. Reason: tidy

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Good random stuff, ams!

          The scattergun approach may yet yield dividends!
          "...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 Caliban View Post
            Good random stuff, ams!

            The scattergun approach may yet yield dividends!
            Well we can't all be mercia, tha knows

            AA - Home of the Smilies
            Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 14-08-13, 12:49. Reason: Helping ammy with his big gin errr... grin :D

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26574

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              If I may I'll jump the Queue.

              An R to connect

              Eight Bells
              St. John's
              South Wind
              You and your esoteric solutions, anton...

              ... takes some time to Root 'em out!

              "...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
                • 26574

                An old friend returns...

                Cyril Bradley Rootham is the R we R after, I believe...

                Very oddly, it is the Dutch version of Wikipedia that assisted me, by giving a much more detailed list of works.

                Perhaps Dr. Rootham is big in the Netherlands...

                So we have:

                1921 South Wind, voor zangstem en piano - tekst: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon
                1926 Eight Bells, voor mannenkoor - tekst: Sir John Collings Squire

                The 'St John' element could either be his Symphony no. 2 in D major, for orchestra with choral finale (1936–38) ("The Revelation of St. John"; incomplete; completed by Patrick Hadley) - or the fact that young Cyril was a Fellow of and organist at St. John's College, Cambridge...





                PS was Siegfried Sassoon's middle name really Lorraine?
                "...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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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8833

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  An old friend returns...

                  Cyril Bradley Rootham is the R we R after, I believe...

                  Very oddly, it is the Dutch version of Wikipedia that assisted me, by giving a much more detailed list of works.

                  Perhaps Dr. Rootham is big in the Netherlands...

                  So we have:

                  1921 South Wind, voor zangstem en piano - tekst: Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon
                  1926 Eight Bells, voor mannenkoor - tekst: Sir John Collings Squire

                  The 'St John' element could either be his Symphony no. 2 in D major, for orchestra with choral finale (1936–38) ("The Revelation of St. John"; incomplete; completed by Patrick Hadley) - or the fact that young Cyril was a Fellow of and organist at St. John's College, Cambridge...





                  PS was Siegfried Sassoon's middle name really Lorraine?
                  Rumpole on fire all pressie and correct .................it was the Cambridge St Johns as I thought he would be up at the same time as you.......

                  We await a Stunning S

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26574

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    We await a Stunning S


                    Tempestoso... rubato... precipitato... smanioso... precipitosissimo... To which S do these adjectives relate?

                    "...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

                      oh so very clever, I'm sure (pardon the sarcasm)

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26574

                        Originally posted by mercia View Post
                        oh so very clever, I'm sure (pardon the sarcasm)
                        My, aren't you the smarty-pants...

                        Don't suppose Sir could condescend to explaining the answer? If it's not too much trouble...

                        "...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

                          I think we all need a soothing hot chocolate

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            Tempestoso... rubato... precipitato... smanioso... precipitosissimo...
                            the five markings (or even titles ?) of Prokofiev's opus 17 Sarcasms

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                            • amateur51

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              the five markings (or even titles ?) of Prokofiev's opus 17 Sarcasms
                              Well bless my old boots

                              What clever boys you are

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                the five markings (or even titles ?) of Prokofiev's opus 17 Sarcasms
                                Oh; so not "speed", then?
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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