Meeting With an Icon

[JFLL]

Mick Jagger was listening to Haydn piano trios in his hotel room ...

What taste! He's gone right back up in my estimation now. His reputation was rather dented when I learnt that once at a party he peed out of the window of the top-floor flat of the house we live in. Haven't applied for the blue plaque yet.

[EdgeleyRob]

I spoke to Evgeny Kissin (is he an icon?) in Manchester whilst he signed a cd for me.

[Mary Chambers]

I forgot to mention the time I was in a lift with Michael Tippett It was after a performance of A Child of our Time that I was singing in.


Was Ronnie Wood in the Rolling Stones, then? I've never heard of him.

[Nick Armstrong]

he peed out of the window of the top-floor flat

Just to wrest the thread back on-tangent!

Was Ronnie Wood in the Rolling Stones, then? I've never heard of him.

Indeed, and still is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Wood

Bill Wyman retired in 1992 to spend more time with his metal detectors... (you can buy one here: http://www.billwymandetector.com/ )*

*I reckon that must take some sort of prize for most ludicrous tangent ever on the R3 Forum...

[Mary Chambers]

Indeed, and still is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Wood

Well, I've heard of the Rolling Stones, and I've even heard of Mick Jagger. You can't expect me to know everything

[vinteuil]

I forgot to mention the time I was in a lift with Michael Tippett .

... ah, but as a teenager I played the harmonium with Michael Tippett. And he said that he too thought that The Kinks were great...

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, I've heard of the Rolling Stones, and I've even heard of Mick Jagger. You can't expect me to know everything

Mary, to clarify: my was about that fact that he is still playing with them with his 65th birthday looming in 2 months, not about your state of knowledge

[Nick Armstrong]

... ah, but as a teenager I played the harmonium with Michael Tippett. And he said that he too thought that The Kinks were great...

Ah, the 60s...

What was the piece for harmonium four-hands?

[vinteuil]

Ah, the 60s...

What was the piece for harmonium four-hands?

... I had just acquired the harmonium. I think I was fumbling through some Bach organ works transcr for piano duet. Tippett had dropped by for tea

[Nick Armstrong]

... I had just acquired the harmonium. I think I was fumbling through some Bach organ works transcr for piano duet. Tippett had dropped by for tea

You are just soooo nonchalant, vindoux

(Great story. But are you prepared to reveal why he had "dropped by"? Surely not just to get his hands on your instrument? )

[MrGongGong]

... ah, but as a teenager I played the harmonium with Michael Tippett. And he said that he too thought that The Kinks were great...

Birtwistle's son and I thrashed Tippet and his partner at croquet once

[vinteuil]

Birtwistle's son and I thrashed Tippet and his partner at croquet once

... yes, they were great croquet players - all respect to you and B'wistle le jeune if you thrashed them. And they were lethal at mah-jongg...

[Nick Armstrong]

... they were lethal at mah-jongg...

This gets worse. Please address my #40 as a matter of urgency!

[Mary Chambers]

Mary, to clarify: my was about that fact that he is still playing with them with his 65th birthday looming in 2 months, not about your state of knowledge

Oh, good. I'm in a permanent state of confusion about which bits of popular culture I'm supposed to know

[Serial_Apologist]

You are just soooo nonchalant, vindoux

(Great story. But are you prepared to reveal why he had "dropped by"? Surely not just to get his hands on your instrument? )

Jo Brand did that televised fundraiser in which she performed the famous Bach Toccata & Fugue at the RAH. I asked her if it was the first time she'd got her hands on someone's organ - to which she dolefully replied, "Oh they all try that one on with me".