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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
    Wouldn't you rather have an 'H'?
    Blimey Norfs - I must be having some sort of seizure An H it is

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    • Anna

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      I'm now feeling very stoopid!
      Story of your life Ducks!

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      • mercia
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8920

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        M et Mme Duruflé
        was Maurice wearing a dickie-bow when you called for tea?



        Last edited by mercia; 04-01-12, 18:17.

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        • Anna

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          was Maurice wearing a dickie-bow?
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Durufle.gif
          Gosh, is it me or does he look like Carson in Downton Abbey?

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          • Norfolk Born

            Which 'H' features in works by (among others) Heinrich SchĂĽtz, Gustav Mahler and Karl-Heinz Stockhausen?
            (Although the answer begins with the same letter in English - and has the same number of letters - I'd prefer the German original).
            Last edited by Guest; 04-01-12, 18:08.

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26540

              Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
              Which 'H' features in works by (among others) Heinrich SchĂĽtz, Gustav Mahler and Karl-Heinz Stockhausen?
              (Although the answer begins with the same letter in English - and has the same number of letters - I'd prefer the German original).
              I imagine there could be multiple workable answers but I plump for:

              Himmel? (Heaven satisfies the parenthetical requirement)

              HS: SWV 108 — Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh darein (Psalm 12)

              GM: "Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, in meinem Lieben" from the Ruckert Lied "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"

              K-HS: Am Himmel wandre ich ("In the Sky I Am Walking", American Indian Songs),
              "...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
                • 26540

                An open-neck aertex shirt, as I recall.

                Will be off line for an hour or so now: only of interest in the event that my H should be correct...

                Edit: made it home on the velocipede through hell and high water (and high wind) bellowing a fair few ancient curse-words...
                Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 04-01-12, 19:45.
                "...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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                • Norfolk Born

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  An open-neck aertex shirt, as I recall.

                  Will be off line for an hour or so now: only of interest in the event that my H should be correct...
                  Well, when you return, perhaps you could treat us to an 'I'. The Stockhausen was what you might call the left-field element of the three. My Mahler was 'Je lieber moecht' ich im Himmel sein' from the 2md symphony and my Schuetz 'Die Himmel erzaehlen die Ehre Gottes'. (For some reason I can't do umlauts in quick replies).

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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    7:30 pm and the Gas has just been restored!
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26540

                      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                      7:30 pm and the Gas has just been restored!
                      How are you going to celebrate?

                      An I then, to connect:

                      - The founder of "Ariadne Inc"

                      - Fay beginnings notwithstanding, an outfit that's one of the Big Five of its kind

                      - A soloist who flew home in his teens and carried on into his 80s

                      "...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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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        How are you going to celebrate?
                        By warming me feet! :rolleyes:
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                          Gone fishin'
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 30163

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          An I then, to connect:


                          - The founder of "Ariadne Inc"

                          - Fay beginnings notwithstanding, an outfit that's one of the Big Five of its kind

                          - A soloist who flew home in his teens and carried on into his 80s

                          Illinois?
                          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            Chicago Symphony Orchestra (one of the "Big Five") founded by Norman Fay
                            Ariadne Inc is a registered Computer Graphics company in Illinois.

                            The "soloist" has stumped me: I was thinking of Lindbergh, but no connection with Illinois that I can find.
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                              Chicago Symphony Orchestra (one of the "Big Five") founded by Norman Fay
                              Ariadne Inc is a registered Computer Graphics company in Illinois.

                              The "soloist" has stumped me: I was thinking of Lindbergh, but no connection with Illinois that I can find.

                              Illinois is RIGHT, fhb

                              Yes to the CSO

                              The "Ariadne Inc" reference surprised me: you're right but for the wrong reason. My "Ariadne Inc" reference is musical. Find someone relevant who performed the part.

                              And the "soloist" - well your post 11592 gives half his name

                              PS If you can't be ar$*d at this late hour, and would like to fire in a J before bed, I can tell you if you like
                              "...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

                                pardon my interruption
                                according to wikipedia, Deborah Voigt (from Wheeling, Illinois) refers to her career as Ariadne Inc.
                                Last edited by mercia; 05-01-12, 07:46.

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