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Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)

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« on: June 10, 2022, 04:46:09 pm »

I think Berkeley was pretty inconsistent - there is certainly some lovely stuff including the Four Poems of Saint Teresa, but sometimes the symphonies sit quite static and Nelson is a total bore. What else is in the British and Irish Music Archive? I can't seem to find it.

 ::)

To be fair to Berkeley, the vast majority of composers were inconsistent. Even Beethoven wrote some fearful tripe: does anyone know his Two Preludes through all twelve major keys op 39? No? I thought not, since nobody ever plays them (for good reason).
Not wanting to go off-topic,but,just out of interest,have you ever consumed tripe,Lionel? As in eating it! (Not Rufinatscha! ;D) I've heard allot about it,but never had the pleasure (?) of tucking into it!!

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My maternal grandmother used to serve me and my late sister tripe and vinegar as a lunchtime treat (it had the texture of rubber but without the flavour), followed by some truly hideous slop which she rather optimistically referred to as a "trifle"...



...more than a trifle disgusting methinks.

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