tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post6178017225909737676..comments2023-11-06T08:40:29.039+00:00Comments on The Dabbler: 6 Clicks for the Endless Voyage: BritBrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-8569565241803141762010-08-02T11:29:06.401+01:002010-08-02T11:29:06.401+01:00Belatedly.
This, as the opener, the prelude, the ...Belatedly.<br /><br />This, as the opener, the prelude, the post conception if you like to what surely will become a repository of the finer things in life, good company, interesting discussions, poignant stories about the nuts and bolts and probably the paintjob of this funny old world of ours, some may even remark this funny old world of hours. It falls to us commentors, the parties of the second part, to respond in like manner, nutty, unbolted and with rusting paintwork, we will try our very best. <br /><br />Honestly.<br /><br />That being said and as you have included a gem of a musical interlude, begging as it does a measured response we will have a go (although I must protest the initial paintjob, Pablo being at times such a twat)<br /><br />The Messiah suffers, as do many other chestnuts, from overexposure. Everybody and their auntie Annie have had a bash at the Moonlight, Emperor, the Fifth etc we won't even mention poor old Lizst.<br />The oratorio, given serious TLC , is a life enhancer and in the hands of Spinosi, the Arnold Schönberg Choir, the Matheus crew, Susan Gritton and Cornelia Horak has received loving care by the yard. Gritten is, for a Botanist, one hell of a soprano one who can, with a bit of a cold, lapse into the mezzo with ease. Added bonus being that Corniela Horak is the spitting image of the first love of my life, there was a lady from Carshalton...<br />Anyone wishing to bath in the glowing glory given off by this performance, <a href="http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/dvds.php?keytype=5&keyword=H&page=4" rel="nofollow">here's the place for you</a><br /><br />The Arnold Schönberg Choir's finest performance was singing Haydn's <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-Seven-Words-Christ-Cross/dp/B001F5HKQG/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1280743471&sr=301-3" rel="nofollow">seven last words with Nicolaus Harnoncourt conducting</a>maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-25145621522802985292010-07-29T00:03:34.241+01:002010-07-29T00:03:34.241+01:00Tell me, has that soprano any teeth and can we hav...Tell me, has that soprano any teeth and can we have some proper Handel, Almira for instance.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-9314188859846946132010-07-28T23:54:59.972+01:002010-07-28T23:54:59.972+01:00Not sure about Nige's flutterers, they have so...Not sure about Nige's flutterers, they have something of the Gilbert & George about them, or Geoffrey Palmer. We used to have the thunder-box lined with books until some callous lout of a visitor suggested that it may be unhygienic. Out went the first edition James Bonds and Nino Cullotas, in came the weird stuff,maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-83046241813297199022010-07-28T14:02:28.200+01:002010-07-28T14:02:28.200+01:00Indeed Recusant. Alas I haven't been in that h...Indeed Recusant. Alas I haven't been in that hallowed bog - Malty revealed this info in my own <a href="http://thinkofengland.blogspot.com/2010/07/dabbler.html" rel="nofollow">Dabbler launch post</a>.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-34465549848723680732010-07-28T13:47:35.407+01:002010-07-28T13:47:35.407+01:00You've been in the Maltmeister's loo? Was ...You've been in the Maltmeister's loo? Was it just like you'd imagine a mountaneering, manufacturing, seen-it-all-engineer's loo to be? <br /><br />Oh, but for one brief glimpse.................Recusanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446741817585462393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-1865079798147225832010-07-28T13:07:46.460+01:002010-07-28T13:07:46.460+01:00I'm not sure about the Picasso either Peter, t...I'm not sure about the Picasso either Peter, though it's somehow reassuring to learn that Malty has it in his lavvy.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798741819621608096.post-91947771219912211462010-07-28T13:00:49.304+01:002010-07-28T13:00:49.304+01:00Good show, five out of six. Not sure about that P...Good show, five out of six. Not sure about that Picasso, though. It bears an uncanny resemblance to a lot of large murals I've seen in airport departure lounges. <i>Sic transit gloria mundi</i>, Pablo.<br /><br />I think I'd replace it with a collection of Nige's butterfly posts.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.com