tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post7369317501746691156..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Chi ding myself for having googled "pronounce Greek letters"Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-37198967950015350072009-12-06T20:01:05.358+00:002009-12-06T20:01:05.358+00:00Yes, thank you Martina - I hadn't checked my h...Yes, thank you Martina - I hadn't checked my hotmail accounts this morning. I'm sitting in front of a lovely log fire at present!<br /><br />So I'd always believed, Christopher, before I heard CG in August and was abruptly converted. In any case, Mahler was one of my Composers To Get To Grips with this year. I had been struggling with this, I must admit. <br /><br />Anyway, what's wrong with misery? Embrace your misery, I say! Choose misery and you will never be disappointed again, but you will often be cheered by unexpected happiness.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-6429251660388294352009-12-06T19:41:08.865+00:002009-12-06T19:41:08.865+00:00Sorry too - I should have picked this up. But don&...Sorry too - I should have picked this up. But don't you find Mahler lieder - apart from some of the Des Knaben Wunderhorn - calculated to make you and everyone about you bloody miserable?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-67101048078702793682009-12-06T19:35:23.204+00:002009-12-06T19:35:23.204+00:00Yes Z, I emailed a thank you. It is grey and very...Yes Z, I emailed a thank you. It is grey and very cold here. The card somehow makes me feel warmer and ignore the furnace going on every half hour. Thank you again.martinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-90139038620084493902009-12-06T18:33:40.260+00:002009-12-06T18:33:40.260+00:00Sorry - Christian Gerhaher. I referred to him in ...Sorry - Christian Gerhaher. I referred to him in my first comment (which is comment 3) and was too lazy to write twice a name I can spell but don't actually know how to pronounce.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-17011989209145453072009-12-06T18:19:39.997+00:002009-12-06T18:19:39.997+00:00Who is Christian G.?Who is Christian G.?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-20504425258118792842009-12-06T16:45:59.530+00:002009-12-06T16:45:59.530+00:00This morning I listened to The Tragically Hip. Th...This morning I listened to The Tragically Hip. This afternoon I'm listening to the Mahler lieder I downloaded last night after talking about Christian G. I'm something of a flitterer and will give anything a go.<br /><br />Yeah, it's the right thing to do. I'm dealing with the prospect best by being gung-ho about it - another sort of denial, but better than worrying.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-86984336011973648832009-12-06T16:35:59.611+00:002009-12-06T16:35:59.611+00:00"Contemporary culture isn't part of my li..."<i>Contemporary culture isn't part of my lifestyle.</i>"<br /><br />Seconds Dave's sentiment :)<br /><br />So pleased you're going to go ahead with the op sooner rather than later.Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79065219520779025142009-12-06T15:53:34.396+00:002009-12-06T15:53:34.396+00:00I had a friend who ran the cake stall who always t...I had a friend who ran the cake stall who always tipped us off as to the best cakes to buy. And where my mother used to live, there was someone whose cakes were quietly hidden and eliminated by the person who'd seen her kitchen.<br /><br />It's the comments that are the best part, aren't they, 4D?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-85413893992930703212009-12-06T14:33:39.877+00:002009-12-06T14:33:39.877+00:00I enjoyed that! Ta babe x
Mind you it's all G...I enjoyed that! Ta babe x<br /><br />Mind you it's all Greek to me...;-)DILLIGAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520650650468676361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-59386982599927560392009-12-06T12:43:44.514+00:002009-12-06T12:43:44.514+00:00I used to have a 'woman wot does' (in the ...I used to have a 'woman wot does' (in the days before Lloyds underwriters...oh its'a long story..anyway) who always made cakes for the village cake stall, beautiful fruit cakes and and sumptious creamy, jammy sponges. But she wouldn't let anyone buy them except us!! and she wouldn't let us buy anyone elses cakes because she didn't know where they had come from!! Now that's snobby!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-86204725688989661282009-12-06T09:40:00.452+00:002009-12-06T09:40:00.452+00:00You're old before your time, Dave.You're old before your time, Dave.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-23585069148147166532009-12-06T09:32:49.756+00:002009-12-06T09:32:49.756+00:00Now, recordings from my friends. That's the w...Now, recordings from my friends. That's the way to go. I wonder if Jonny B would let me have a recording of himself playing the banjo? Time was, I was half worth listening to on the clarinet, but sadly not now.<br /><br />As long as I could dream of the cat being thrown gently out of the window (which is how I dealt with the situation the only time it happened), I'm up for that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-37008404468262917302009-12-06T09:31:10.658+00:002009-12-06T09:31:10.658+00:00Of course I haven't listened to them. Contemp...Of course I haven't listened to them. Contemporary culture isn't part of my lifestyle.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-46082572516582356782009-12-06T09:24:40.186+00:002009-12-06T09:24:40.186+00:00Lipatti would be just the man to bring out the dee...Lipatti would be just the man to bring out the deep, unassailable comfort of the E flat Nocturne, Op.55 No.2 - but if you're wandering down this path I don't think there could be any more rewarding companion than the Barcarolle, Op.60. I sometimes play the F minor Nocturne 55/1, and would happily make a private recording if it didn't suggest a rather stormy, uncomfortable night, reminiscent at the very least of the cat jumping on you at 3 o'clock in the morning.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-29069754489466701462009-12-06T09:19:32.100+00:002009-12-06T09:19:32.100+00:00I don't know much about Hawaiian music, so I g...I don't know much about Hawaiian music, so I googled him. 10 points indeed, Martina. He does has a lovely voice.<br /><br />Your card arrived, thank you very much. Has my postcard got to you yet? The ones to the children haven't yet, although I put those in an envelope.<br /><br />I appreciate your trouble in looking up a band you'd never heard of for me, Dave. Have you listened to them yet?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-78491082527060996232009-12-06T08:24:13.876+00:002009-12-06T08:24:13.876+00:00I would suggest a CD from The Tragically Hip.
htt...I would suggest a CD from <i>The Tragically Hip.</i><br /><br />http://www.thehip.com/Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-61284622688618964162009-12-05T23:32:56.661+00:002009-12-05T23:32:56.661+00:00I was going to jokingly suggest Bad to the Bone by...I was going to jokingly suggest Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. <br />Honestly, do you like Hawaiian music? Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (10 points if I spelled that right) had a beautiful voice and his CDs have very soothing music.martinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-20256225323905229132009-12-05T22:16:32.123+00:002009-12-05T22:16:32.123+00:00I don't know enough to differentiate between a...I don't know enough to differentiate between ancient and modern pronunciation, I'm afraid. I have got the "ch" sound fairly well nailed myself, having had Dutch au pairs as a little girl and a father educated in Scotland.<br /><br />Thank you for the musical suggestions. I've also just remembered the CD of Schumann lieder I bought after hearing Christian Gerhaher at Aldeburgh in the summer. I think he might suit the mood too.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-48200719530391286652009-12-05T22:02:31.113+00:002009-12-05T22:02:31.113+00:00"chi" - I learned to pronounce it as, we..."chi" - I learned to pronounce it as, well, "ch": Chairete. I am sorry, I am unable to project them Greek letters here, my dos-handbook is long gone. As Franconian I have no difficulty with this sound.<br />Music for an epidural? Why not compare Lipatti's interpretation(s) with Agerich's? Bachs Kunst der Fuge? Some Dowland. A Doors-sampler would propably go well with the morphine. Satie or Glass to help with self-suggestion, Avo Pärt for praying.<br />Honestly I can not imagine such a situation and would simply trust my anestheticist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27613139787499686322009-12-05T21:21:37.262+00:002009-12-05T21:21:37.262+00:00Goodness, I really must try to read my favourite b...Goodness, I really must try to read my favourite blogs svery day as there was quite a bit to catch up on. Your mother was very wise over food wasn't she? <br />As for pronouncing Greek letters I suppose it all depends whether you're thinking ancient or modern. It's like the difference between classical and 'Church' Latin I suppose.sablonneusehttp://sablonneuse.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com