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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26539

    Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
    I just loved his line about 'two horns on the same goat'. Lady Norfolk and I have come to different conclusions regarding the name of the perpetrator. (We're probably both wrong! )
    Haven't got that far... Will look out for it Saving some for tomorrow!

    I gather t'truth comes out at t'funeral !!
    "...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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    • cloughie
      Full Member
      • Dec 2011
      • 22127

      Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
      Here's a cluelet for those not watching the Rugby or otherwise engaged:
      A bunch of fertile geese;
      Another bunch of fertile geese; and
      A bunch of percussionists
      (Back at half-time!)
      Oye what you on about?

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      • Norfolk Born

        A grovelling apology is in order!
        The question should read:
        Which 'S' suggests that Handel was half as industrious as Vivaldi and Albinoni?
        As mercia has already realized, we're talking about sets of concerti here.

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26539

          Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
          A grovelling apology is in order!
          The question should read:
          Which 'S' suggests that Handel was half as industrious as Vivaldi and Albinoni?
          As mercia has already realized, we're talking about sets of concerti here.
          Don't worry, Norfs! There, but for the grace of you know who, go we all - especially with Six Nations and Corrie providing distractions....!!!

          Still don't know the answer! But I am trying to watch the F1 qualifying

          "...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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          • Anna

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            especially with Six Nations and Corrie providing distractions....!!!
            Does Caliban realise the Six Nations involve pulsating men with sturdy thighs and scrummages, flesh on flesh realtime but Corrie is strictly made up with fake sets and actors and is pure make believe? Goodness, I do worry about him sometimes!

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26539

              Originally posted by Anna View Post
              Does Caliban realise the Six Nations involve pulsating men with sturdy thighs and scrummages, flesh on flesh realtime but Corrie is strictly made up with fake sets and actors and is pure make believe? Goodness, I do worry about him sometimes!
              "...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

                I think it's time to clear up the mess that my 'S' question has become by offering a final clue that will, hopefully, lead somebody to the answer:
                Organ x 6
                Oboe x 12
                Violin x 10 + Oboe x 2

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                  I think it's time to clear up the mess that my 'S' question has become by offering a final clue that will, hopefully, lead somebody to the answer:
                  Organ x 6
                  Oboe x 12
                  Violin x 10 + Oboe x 2
                  Sonatas?
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • Norfolk Born

                    No, we're talking sets of concerti (see #15993). For the purposes of this question, 'La Stravaganza' mentioned by mercia would be 'F', and the Four Seasons and its companion pieces would be 'E'.

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                    • Norfolk Born

                      'La Stravaganza' : Opus 4 (Four)
                      'The Four Seasons' and 8 others: Opus 8 (Eight)
                      There's a set of concerti by Vivaldi comprising 10 violin concerti and 2 oboe concerti, which shares an opus number with a dozen concerti by Albinoni and half-a-dozen by Handel.
                      (I hope somebody gets this soon, I want to catch up with 'Dirk Gently' before listening to JRR.)

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                        'La Stravaganza' : Opus 4 (Four)
                        'The Four Seasons' and 8 others: Opus 8 (Eight)
                        There's a set of concerti by Vivaldi comprising 10 violin concerti and 2 oboe concerti, which shares an opus number with a dozen concerti by Albinoni and half-a-dozen by Handel.
                        (I hope somebody gets this soon, I want to catch up with 'Dirk Gently' before listening to JRR.)
                        Embrace the Chaotic!!!!!

                        Handel wrote Six Concerti Grossi Op3 and Twelve Concerti Grossi Op6.

                        .... or, if it helps: Six Concerti Grossi Op3 (Three) and Twelve Concerti Grossi Op6 (Six).
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • Norfolk Born

                          What about Handel's set of 6 organ concerti?

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                            What about Handel's set of 6 organ concerti?
                            It's often been said that I'm a one-off!

                            Are we talking about Opus Sevens?
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • Norfolk Born


                              Vivaldi's Opus Seven comprises 12 concerti, as does Albinoni's, but Handel's comprises only 6.
                              You got there despite the confusion I sowed! Over to you for a 'T', yes?

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26539

                                Phew!!!! Well done fhg!

                                Time to move on!!

                                ....





                                "...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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