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« on: February 18, 2021, 06:05:07 pm »

"The Game of Thrones of classical music."

That's OK by me...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/42mS033z3rtMr8SKdYnrfq1/put-down-everything-and-immerse-yourself

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"A piece is worth your attention, and is itself for you praiseworthy, if it makes you feel you have not wasted your time over it." (Sydney Grew, 1922)

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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2021, 07:17:24 pm »


I tend to agree with the late and much missed André Previn who said that, "There are moments of shattering genius in Wagner but you have to wait so long between one and the next". I know this just re-packages what Rossini is alleged to have said: "Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour". I have a chum who thinks that "there's a lot of good music buried in operas". It's certainly true of Wagner's music dramas and if ever there was a case for just listening to the highlights, Wagner makes it in spades.

I know. I'm a heretic who deserves a fate involving a large pile of fire-wood, a can of petrol and a box of Swan Vestas...

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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2021, 07:00:21 am »

I know. I'm a heretic who deserves a fate involving a large pile of fire-wood, a can of petrol and a box of Swan Vestas...

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Just mind you don't burst your fillet, lol...

http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php/topic,7182.msg36516.html#msg36516

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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2021, 07:51:52 am »

I know. I'm a heretic who deserves a fate involving a large pile of fire-wood, a can of petrol and a box of Swan Vestas...

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Just mind you don't burst your fillet, lol...

http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php/topic,7182.msg36516.html#msg36516

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 ;D Still, that might be preferable to Mr Creosote who was persuaded, against his better judgement, to eat one last "wafer-thin mint"...

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