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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2023 4:32:22 GMT
...complete with music from Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 25, 2023 11:05:16 GMT
Do you remember those awful corded remote controls that early VHS players had? Nasty.
I can see why that image came to mind Paul - they both have a streamlined art deco look, at least they do to me!
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Post by Slinger on Sept 25, 2023 12:18:39 GMT
...complete with music from Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain. I hear Wagner's Walkürenritt.  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2023 12:24:53 GMT
I was thinking of this one...
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 25, 2023 12:53:05 GMT
Great artistry that commercial!
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 28, 2023 16:10:14 GMT
Good grief.
£7.10 for a bottle of cider at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Painful. Similar story at London venues of course.
I'm sure people would indulge more if prices weren't so ruinous.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 4, 2023 10:50:25 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Oct 4, 2023 11:41:12 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 11, 2023 14:31:03 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Oct 11, 2023 17:54:39 GMT
Gosh, we are nowhere close to being able to do that with our impoverished orchestras.
Funny how there seems to be huge funding for opera and musicals, though.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 19, 2023 14:43:42 GMT
Just love this clip - an opera singer truly suffering for her art.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 20, 2023 0:09:32 GMT
Paging MartinT - new Poulenc Stabat here with the often excellent period instrument outfit Les Siecles. Could be interesting. |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 20, 2023 8:34:25 GMT
Thanks, Jules. Will give that a go later.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 23, 2023 17:57:32 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 29, 2023 0:59:16 GMT
Would have been lovely to hear this fine looking organ in action at Notre Dame in Montreal but was happy just to look around and admire the exquisite decor.  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 29, 2023 7:51:00 GMT
Maybe you'll bump into Dutoit?  |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 30, 2023 1:00:40 GMT
It turns out that organ was a toy! Let me introduce you to the Don Corleone of organs, at the St Joseph Oratory. Amazing building with a very peaceful atmosphere and a steward who was so kind to take us up to the organ loft. They say the organ smiles at you if you at it from a distance ...     |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 30, 2023 5:30:17 GMT
That looks like a terrific, and quite modern, installation. Is it a Ruffatti?
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 30, 2023 22:12:53 GMT
Yes it's mid 20th century I believe. We have a few similar churches in this style in UK but nothing on this absolutely monumental scale. It is breathtaking.
We had to leave for Quebec just before the organist turned up - very frustrating not to hear it. I reckon it could wake the dead.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 3, 2023 13:11:39 GMT
The excellent Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov has passed away aged 84.
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