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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26506

    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
    Ach! Norgard's a cinch!

    Yes come on ferns, dish the 'slaw!!

    (How incomprehensible would that sentence be to anyone outside these hallowed precincts... )
    "...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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    • vinteuil
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 12761

      Originally posted by Flay View Post
      It was good to hear some of good old D'Indy this lunchtime, ferney. I enjoyed it.

      (I'm still grizzling about that being a D... )
      ... I know the feeling. De La Rochefoucauld goes under L, not D (or R) - but then I do put d' Agincour, d' Aquin, du Phly, de Bussy, de Gas, de Gaulle, dalla Piccola, della Casa, under D rather than anything else.

      d' On't think have any indivi du Al CDs of d' Indy, so that problem has not yet de Veloped.

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      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
        Gone fishin'
        • Sep 2011
        • 30163

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post

        Yes come on ferns, dish the 'slaw!!

        (How incomprehensible would that sentence be to anyone outside these hallowed precincts... )
        Apologies - I had to be out this morning: cancelled, delayed and derailed trains meant it took longer than I'd planned (and I got a lot wetter, too "Let the train take the strain" my a


        Anyway: I believe we're talking about three works by Per Norgard:

        The Violin Concerto Helle Nacht (= "bright night")
        The Opera The Labyrinth
        and the 'cello Concerto Momentum
        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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        • Flay
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 5795

          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
          Apologies - I had to be out this morning: cancelled, delayed and derailed trains meant it took longer than I'd planned (and I got a lot wetter, too "Let the train take the strain" my a
          Poor you

          Anyway: I believe we're talking about three works by Per Norgard:

          The Violin Concerto Helle Nacht (= "bright night")
          The Opera The Labyrinth
          and the 'cello Concerto Momentum
          And so we are. No need for me to explain the physics! (O-level stuff)
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22109

            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
            ... I know the feeling. De La Rochefoucauld goes under L, not D (or R) - but then I do put d' Agincour, d' Aquin, du Phly, de Bussy, de Gas, de Gaulle, dalla Piccola, della Casa, under D rather than anything else.

            d' On't think have any indivi du Al CDs of d' Indy, so that problem has not yet de Veloped.
            When it comes to indexing conductors - Fruhbeck de Burgos, F D or B?
            I usually list under F.

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            • cloughie
              Full Member
              • Dec 2011
              • 22109

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              Poor you



              And so we are. No need for me to explain the physics! (O-level stuff)
              Ye canna argue with the laws of Physics!

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                It's at times like this that one realizes how little (widely-known) Musical activity is associated with Orpington.

                Give us a moment or some ...
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • vinteuil
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12761

                  ... the answer is usually ocarina.

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26506

                    Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                    ... the answer is usually ocarina.
                    when it isn't Ophicleide...
                    "...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 vinteuil View Post
                      ... the answer is usually ocarina.
                      Correct! On with the P!
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                        ... the answer is usually ocarina.
                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        when it isn't Ophicleide...
                        Right - scrub those, then ...
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • Flay
                          Full Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 5795

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          when it isn't Ophicleide...
                          Don't forget Oliphant Chuckerbutty
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            OK:

                            Eastern Stars, Farmer's Nymphs, and Fairs from Hilton and John Milton. Oh dear!
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • subcontrabass
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 2780

                              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                              OK:

                              Eastern Stars, Farmer's Nymphs, and Fairs from Hilton and John Milton. Oh dear!
                              A Triumphant question, I think.

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                                A Triumphant question, I think.
                                'Tis so, indeed
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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