just to recap, are we looking for a piano concerto which, like Chopin's two, was premiered in Warsaw or simply has some sort of Warsaw connection?
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
at last!
The remaining element is simply a concerto written by someone who like Chopin was born in Warsaw: Panufnik.
The Warsaw Concerto was by Addinsell who was born in Woburn Square, London WC1"...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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Bravo mercia and nice question CalibanOriginally posted by Caliban View Post at last!
The remaining element is simply a concerto written by someone who like Chopin was born in Warsaw: Panufnik.
The Warsaw Concerto was by Addinsell who was born in Woburn Square, London WC1
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yeah, got that bitOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
would have got Panufnik eventually I s'pose
shall I set a question? or wait for Dave to become un-busy on Friday?Comment
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I think Dave impliedly suggested we forge ahead without him for the moment. If you would favour us with a conundrum, mercia, I'm sure that would be welcomedOriginally 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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Seconded, Caliban.Comment
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No need to encourage mercia, Caliban!Originally posted by Caliban View PostI think Dave impliedly suggested we forge ahead without him for the moment. If you would favour us with a conundrum, mercia, I'm sure that would be welcomed
A conundrum indeed!
A lickle puzzle will do just nicely, ta mercia
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Morning Tapiola. I wish I'd known about that Ligeti Prelude as it might have lent some variety to the question. Then again, for an alphabetical quiz, the fact that its title is in French does take it out of the "W" running. One for a fiendish "V" question perhaps....Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
The French are silly with their spelling changes. When I lived there it took me some time to realise why FNAC etc never had any Shostakovich recordings... because they are all filed as Chostakovich
"...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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okey, dokeyfavour us with a conundrum
I'm not clever enough for X Y Z so
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a composer, the nephew of a creator of soil classification, one of his nine symphonies was as the result of a competition (hence it's monetary subtitle?), his violin concerto was premiered by a "temperamental" Australian violinistComment
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Caliban,
I have similar trouble when browsing amazon.fr for Shostakovich recordings. One is never quite sure how extensive the search results are, given the idiosyncratic spellings to which you refer. And as for the German "Schostakowitsch"...
Regarding the Ligeti, when I first heard the piece I imagined that the title referred to the Nazi invasion of Poland in Autumn 1939, given the soundworld, which for me suggested a Chopin piano piece distorted through a Ligetian prism, and the violent ending. As such - according to my theory - the piece afforded a rare, extra-musical glimpse into Ligeti's psyche.
However, the truth is far more prosaic it would seem! According to the hallowed Wiki, the piece was written in 1985 for the Warsaw Autumn Music Festival.
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oh dear, that was a bit quick. obviously not hard enough.Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
a B for you (once you've done a quick explanation perhaps)Comment
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Just inspired guesswork, mercia (he was the only "A" I could think of who had written 9 symphonies).
The composer's Uncle Albert developed the Atterberg grainsize scale;
Atterberg's 6th is subtitled Dollarsymphony;
The Violin Concerto was premiered by Alma Moodie in 1913.
A "B" to follow after some lunch.Comment
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Fish, presumably Taps?Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
Large quantities of such brain food are the only explanation of your feat in the matterberg of Atterberg, and mercia's excellent and elusive question.
I'd never heard of the beggar, let alone knowing how many symphonies he wrote.
I have a feeling that, fuelled by the omega-3 from a few cod fillets, we are going to get a monumental "B"
EDIT: Blimey, he's already wolfed it down and come up with a question
"...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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What B connects Stravinsky's Petrushka, Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin and Ives' Variations on 'America' ?Comment
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