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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26539

    Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
    AHa! hexachordum apollinis perhaps a more worthy canon of Pachelbel. Dedicated to Dieterich Buxtehude and one Ferdinand Tobias Richter.

    A trio of them?
    Blimey, mercs... and hedgey!! Tricky one!!
    "...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

      Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
      I have the other two: Hans Richter was the conductor for the premiere of Gerontius and Prokoviev - a cellist duo, one for the concerto part and one for the symphony

      Sviatislov Richter conducted the premiere of Prokoviev's (ahem, a bit sly here mercia) Symphony-Concerto/Sinfonia Concertante for cello & orchestra.
      Rostropovich being the soloist.



      very well hedged (and hogged) - 3 X Richter - F.T., Hans & Sviatoslav

      your turn [if you have time ]

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      • hedgehog

        I have time


        With S on the menu:

        A Russian at the table and cheese before dessert, a piano that inspires one to dance - or a ballet!
        Last edited by Guest; 29-03-13, 21:41.

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        • Angle
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 724

          Just dropped on to see if there was a puzzle to ponder only to find R set and done. I shall consider hedgehog's speedy S later.

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          • Resurrection Man

            I think it might be Saint-Saens

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            • hedgehog

              Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
              I think it might be Saint-Saens
              No, that isn't the answer.

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              • Resurrection Man

                I'd convinced myself that it was ! Silly boy.

                Ah well.... there is always tomorrow.

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                • mercia
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  apparently there's a type of creme fraiche called Smetana - thought you'd like to know that
                  "Russian at the table" has taken me to Dmitri Mendeleev and his periodic table and thence to Borodin the chemist - but probably a different kind of table is required
                  don't know if there's a technical word for eating cheese before your pud - probably "impatient"
                  lots of dances written for piano, lots and lots of ballets
                  sudden thought, there are "tableaux" in Stravinsky ballets aren't there ? but a tableau ain't a table - random thoughts when I should be asleep
                  Last edited by mercia; 30-03-13, 06:38.

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26539

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    a technical word for eating cheese before your pud
                    .... being "French"...?
                    "...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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                    • hedgehog

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      .... being "French"...?
                      Yes The cheese in question is a mountain cheese, but this is just qualifying the S. As is Russian (Russe)

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                      • antongould
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8786

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        .... being "French"...?

                        M'Lud at 07.26 on a Saturday morning - tonight is the clocks thing surely

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26539

                          Originally posted by antongould View Post
                          M'Lud at 07.26 on a Saturday morning - tonight is the clocks thing surely
                          Good to see PC Gould making his rounds so attentively so early!
                          "...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

                            am I being hinted that the S word is service, as in service a la russe, where the cheese comes after the ice cream according to wikipedia [in a 14-course meal that is]

                            what time of day does our Angle become perpendicular to the hypoteneuse ? - I've forgotten

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                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              what time of day does our Angle become perpendicular to the hypoteneuse ? - I've forgotten
                              Yes; I'm at that age, too.
                              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                              • hedgehog

                                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                                am I being hinted that the S word is service, as in service a la russe, where the cheese comes after the ice cream according to wikipedia [in a 14-course meal that is]
                                No. I'd forget the cheese, it's a bit of a red herring (), although part of the the title of the piece that comes before dessert. The S that is Russian is the first mvt/course!

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