Pedants' Paradise

[Pulcinella]

The bible takes on a life of its own...

Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
Lyricist: The Bible.

From today's Breakfast playlist.

Hmm: Sarum rite (based on Judith, not part of many bibles!)

The original Latin text of the motet is from a responsory (at Matins, for the 3rd Lesson, during the V week of September), in the Sarum Rite, adapted from the Book of Judith (Judith 9).
Today the response appears in the Divine Office of the Latin rite in the Office of Readings (formerly called Matins) following the first lesson on Tuesday of the 29th Week of the Year.

(Wiki)

[french frank]

Hmm: Sarum rite (based on Judith, not part of many bibles!)

So Lyricist: Judith?

It it saying Thomas Tallis is the performer??

[Pulcinella]

So Lyricist: Judith?

It it saying Thomas Tallis is the performer??

Or, even better:

Judith (arr Osmund)?

In 1078, William of Normandy appointed Osmund, a Norman nobleman, as bishop of Salisbury (the period name of the site whose ruins are now known as Old Sarum). As bishop, Osmund initiated some revisions to the extant Celtic-Anglo-Saxon rite and the local adaptations of the Roman rite, drawing on both Norman and Anglo-Saxon traditions.

[smittims]

My favourite was

Mozart: Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
The English Chamber Orchestra
conducted by the composer.

This was from the Radio Times many years ago. The 'composer' was of course Benjamin Britten , before we all rushed to find a blank tape!

[oddoneout]

So Lyricist: Judith?

It it saying Thomas Tallis is the performer??

No, fortunately the playlist format generally gets that right(unlike the CE playlist which often seems to be put together by a person completely ignorant of the broadcast's subject), but as the entry didn't list the performers I did a search. I can see why it just gave the recording details, it took a while to find the singers' names; until I searched through the reviews I wondered if "Magnificat" was a mistake, but no, it was the name of the ensemble, but that was augmented by others.

https://www.discogs.com/release/11565414-Thomas-Tallis-Magnificat-Spem-In-Alium-Lamentation-Mass-Motets

Magnificat's cast list is about as good as it gets, with Andrew Carwood, James Gilchrist, Carolyn Sampson, Sally Dunkley, Daniel Norman, James Bowman and Matthew Brook among the ranks.

from the BBC Music Magazine: Building a Library

[french frank]

as the entry didn't list the performers I did a search.

I was amused that on this occasion the lyricist (the Bible) was credited but not the performers.

[LMcD]

Large sign in the window of our local Iceland store: 'We're Open Longer On Sundays'. Which is, I suppose, one way of announcing that on Sundays you can now browse from 9.30 a.m. onwards before shopping between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. as usual.

[oliver sudden]

My favourite was

Mozart: Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
The English Chamber Orchestra
conducted by the composer.

This was from the Radio Times many years ago. The 'composer' was of course Benjamin Britten , before we all rushed to find a blank tape!

I would rush to find a blank tape (or today’s equivalent technology) anyway! I know of a 22 and a 27 from that combination but not a 20…

[oddoneout]

Large sign in the window of our local Iceland store: 'We're Open Longer On Sundays'. Which is, I suppose, one way of announcing that on Sundays you can now browse from 9.30 a.m. onwards before shopping between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. as usual.

As opposed to being open longer than any other day of the week...

[LMcD]

As opposed to being open longer than any other day of the week...

I shall still shop at Iceland on a Tuesday, as the lure of the Over-60s' 10% discount outweighs the temptation to shop at a more leisurely pace on a Sunday.

[Old Grumpy]

I see from BBC Sounds that benefit recipients now get a special means of communication with Jazz Record Requests:

Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

[oddoneout]

I see from BBC Sounds that benefit recipients now get a special means of communication with Jazz Record Requests:

But only if they're claiming Pension Credit?

[french frank]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans."

Three points of debate here

[LMcD]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans."

Three points of debate here

Literally 100% of me has (or should that be have?) never heard any of their songs in its (or should that be their?) entirety.

[gurnemanz]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans.

Three points of debate here

I read yesterday that 51% of the entirety - me included - are "not excited at all" about their reunion. YouGov