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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12844

    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
    Seem to have a connection. The Spanish composer was blind most of his life.
    Antonio de Cabezon, another blind Spanish composer...

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      this question is sending me beyond doolally

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      • amateur51

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        like Hannibal?
        or like Maddalena Pass
        the only long-ish sticky bun I can think of is a Yum-yum

        (I've just read that Jorge Bolet conducted The Mikado in Tokyo in 1946 for American troops )
        Oh mercia, where did you find that gem??

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        • Dave2002
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 18021

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          just re-read this clue. got to be Yum-Yum in Mikado
          so Mikado/Rodrigo and Mikado/Alps crossing .................................??
          Yes. Almost there. What does she sing?

          Not Mikado/Alps though, nor Rodrigo/Mikado. Rodrigo is right though.

          Across the Atlantic is Trans Atlantic .... so what about the Alps?

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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            oh, are we talking madrigals/musica transalpina
            Yum-Yum sings in a madrigal
            and Rodrigo wrote a Concerto Madrigal, or something ??

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            • mercia
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8920

              Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
              where did you find that gem??
              off the wiki Mikado page, so possibly inaccurate
              Last edited by mercia; 08-10-11, 10:04. Reason: spelling !!!

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 18021

                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                oh, are we talking madrigals/musica transalpina
                Yum-Yum sings in a madrigal
                and Rodrigo wrote a Concerto Madrigal, or something ??
                Exakt! Precis! Absolut!

                Well done!

                Sorry it seemed obscure, and also about the lack of connectivity. On the ground floor with an iPad reset on/off recovered for a while.

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                • mercia
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                  Exakt!
                  phew!! that's a relief.

                  so who was singing Bach Cantatas in Tetbury, Dave?

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18021

                    See http://www.tetburymusicfestival.org....amme_2011.html

                    I can get you the details of the soloists etc. later - might be a while, until i get my keyboard.

                    The soprano in particular was superb, though the baritone and counter tenor were also excellent, and the baritone, who sang in the recent Missa Solemnis Prom with Colin Davis, is one of my favourite singers. The tenor was, for me, totally outclassed by the others, but in other company he might do well i.e. he did nothing really wrong, but ...

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                    • mercia
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                      I can get you the details of the soloists etc. later
                      no, don't worry Dave - glad you enjoyed yourself, and thanks for your M question

                      a pretty straightforward question from me


                      N

                      a conductor who premiered Bruckner, took the LSO to America, and whose son led a Berlin jazz-band

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                      • antongould
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8785

                        Nikisch?

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                        • mercia
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          Originally posted by antongould View Post
                          Nikisch?
                          well done AG - that wasn't headache-inducing I hope



                          your turn

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8785

                            no not too bad - I hate O

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                            • mercia
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              Originally posted by antongould View Post
                              no not too bad - I hate O
                              well you have my permish. to O-Omit O, aren't there some O bands?

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                              • antongould
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8785

                                just, hopefully a quick one as it is Fenwicks Day!

                                O linking

                                Purcell
                                Sacchini and
                                Partch

                                And why did Mercia never tell me Hugh Grant had portrayed Chopin?

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