Are there any forum members who have actually met face to face? ' Brought his family to Norway a while back, and we attended a concert, visited Troldhaugen (Grieg's place), trekked in the mountains and even found time for a small electro-acoustic study...
I have met a dozen or so fellow classical music lovers from various online forums. I believe only two of them belong to GMG -- Iago (aka The Word Maestro) and Squarez. I am sure I will meet a few more eventually.
Edit: Come to think of it, I have met many more GMG'ers over the years, but many of them are no longer active here. Older members will remember Barry from Phillie. Then there is Vera... etc.
Last year, we witnessed this Meeting of Giants (Clash of Civilizations? 8) ) taking place in Boston:
Is MS Michael Schaeffer (sp?)
Quote from: JCampbell on September 26, 2008, 03:10:14 AM
Is MS Michael Schaeffer (sp?)
Is KH Dr. Karl Henning? ::)
Quote from: JCampbell on September 26, 2008, 03:10:14 AM
Is MS Michael Schaeffer (sp?)
Michael Schaffer aka M forever
(And I know Christo...)
Quote from: Jezetha on September 26, 2008, 03:22:55 AM
Michael Schaffer aka M forever
(And I know Christo...)
And as I happen to know Jezetha, the two of us obviously met, too ! ;)
Quote from: Christo on September 26, 2008, 03:16:02 AM
Is KH Dr. Karl Henning? ::)
Beats me :P I was actually just posting as an excuse to see if I got M Forever's name correct.
Quote from: Christo on September 26, 2008, 03:02:59 AM
Last year, we witnessed this Meeting of Giants (Clash of Civilizations? 8) ) taking place in Boston:
Clash of Giants? One of them looks like a Patriot to me. ;)
Quote from: Christo on September 26, 2008, 03:24:31 AM
And as I happen to know Jezetha, the two of us obviously met, too ! ;)
Indeed.
And I just remembered - I know
otterhouse since last week.
More shortly I hope :)
I ought to have met Guido as he lives pretty close to me. But as yet I haven't had the privilege.
I've met Wanderer in Athens this month. 8)
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2008, 05:07:41 AM
I've met Wanderer in Athens this month. 8)
Great to hear! And
we´re going to meet somewhere half=way the Carpathian mountains, remember? :D
Quote from: Dundonnell on September 26, 2008, 04:04:28 AM
More shortly I hope :)
Indeed.
And Christo and I will be meeting Vandermolen in October, too (in Leiden probably).
I have probably met one of our Bostonians but didn't know it. Did anyone here frequent the Classical room at the Tower Records in Cambridge in the months before it shut down?
Quote from: Christo on September 26, 2008, 05:09:49 AM
Great to hear! And we´re going to meet somewhere half=way the Carpathian mountains, remember? :D
Of course. Can hardly wait. :)
Quote from: Corey on September 26, 2008, 05:15:05 AM
I have probably met one of our Bostonians but didn't know it. Did anyone here frequent the Classical room at the Tower Records in Cambridge in the months before it shut down?
Well, not really frequent; in all the time I've been here, I probably went to that shop only five or six times. Actually went there once with a chap I first met (again) via the NYTimes CMF, from out of town, and he did a passel of serious shopping.
Quote from: karlhenning on September 26, 2008, 05:27:07 AM
Burchest (now deceased, bless his soul)
Sorry to hear that. I remember him from the old GMG. May God have mercy upon his soul.
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2008, 05:30:26 AM
Sorry to hear that. I remember him from the old GMG. May God have mercy upon his soul.
He was a big-hearted and welcoming fellow.
I met Larry Rinkel last year -- he came to one of my concerts.
Quote from: karlhenning on September 26, 2008, 05:29:50 AM
Well, not really frequent; in all the time I've been here, I probably went to that shop only five or six times. Actually went there once with a chap I first met (again) via the NYTimes CMF, from out of town, and he did a passel of serious shopping.
Too bad. I was hoping for some cosmic connection I hadn't thought existed. :D
KH is this a cold or do you wear a "me iz intellergent" scarf?
Quote from: Wurstwasser on September 26, 2008, 06:45:27 AM
KH is this a cold or do you wear a "me iz intellergent" scarf?
As a rule, I don't answer questions in the form of a sneer.
Quote from: karlhenning on September 26, 2008, 06:53:57 AMAs a rule, I don't answer questions in the form of a sneer.
Ok, you just have proven you wear scarfs rightly ;)
I don't believe I've met any forum members. Reblem also lives here in Albuquerque; it's quite possible I've seen him in a local record shop, but I don't know what he looks like.
I've had the pleasure of personally meeting Anne, Springrite and Nigel Wilkinson.
Anne and I still speak frequently on the phone. Springrite lives 5000 miles away from Las Vegas, and has a marvelous family of his own now. But those two people in particlular were there for me in my hour(s) of need. And for that I am eternally grateful to them. I met Nigel (and his mother and niece) here in Las Vegas when they were vacationing in the U.S. There is not a more elegant person than Nigel on this forum.
Quote from: Jezetha on September 26, 2008, 05:09:54 AM
Indeed.
And Christo and I will be meeting Vandermolen in October, too (in Leiden probably).
I really hope so :)
Quote from: Bulldog on September 26, 2008, 08:12:19 AM
I don't believe I've met any forum members.
Well, if you're ever in Boston,
Don!
Just Greta. Still waiting for our resident Texan, Gurn Blanston, to stop by a Rice concert...*
*Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, October 3 and 4: BERLIOZ Le corsaire | WAGNER Tristan und Isolde, prelude and liebestod | JANACEK Sinfonietta
Quote from: karlhenning on September 26, 2008, 05:27:07 AM
I've met far fewer GMG'ers than I should like . . . but those whom I have met:
owlice (no longer active here)
Mark Simon (whom I've know rather longer via the NYTimes CMF, which has just this week gone defunct)
Burchest (now deceased, bless his soul)
bhodges
Barry (no longer active here)
M Forever (as the photo testifies)
There are many here whom I look forward yet to meeting in person, as Dame Fortune may allow.
:'(
Had the pleasure of meeting Jochanaan (John Rasmussen) at one of his recitals. Like here, his take on music is spot-on, his wit is instantaneous, and most importantly, just a nice person. What did make this meeting even more special though, was that he performed a piece of Karl's music (the first of two different compositions I have heard [erformed here in Colorado).
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2008, 05:30:26 AM
Sorry to hear that. I remember him from the old GMG. May God have mercy upon his soul.
That is ashame. Do you folks recall what his avatar was at the old forum?
[ revised ]
I've met far fewer GMG'ers than I should like . . . but those whom I have met:
owlice (no longer active here)
Mark Simon (whom I've know rather longer via the NYTimes CMF, which has just this week gone defunct)
Burchest (now deceased, bless his soul)
Szykniej & drogulus at a Vietnamese eatery in Arlington
Charles, who came to a service at St Paul's one Sunday when we sang some of my music
bhodges
Barry (no longer active here)
Larry, who came to Boston for a concert (not of my music). Joe Barron, too (the premiere of the Carter Horn Concerto).
DavidW in a nearby state 8)
M Forever (as the photo testifies)
There are many here whom I look forward yet to meeting in person, as Dame Fortune may allow.
I really did mean to add the disclaimer that my scatterbrain must be forgetting . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on September 26, 2008, 03:36:56 PM
Ach! Tony!
How could I forget the fried bananas? ;)
:)
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Quote from: Bogey on September 26, 2008, 03:41:18 PM
That is ashame. Do you folks recall what his avatar was at the old forum?
He didn't use one. He was kinda cranky online, but in person he was one of the kindest and most generous people I ever met. Incidentally, one of the few I ever actually did meet from here, in addition to Lilas Pastia twice. Pity there isn't more leisure time available, there are a dozen or so folks here I really would like to spend an afternoon (or better yet, an evening at the symphony) with. :)
8)
PS - Bill, his original name on the old forum was Egmont, you're more likely to remember that. :)
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Listening to:
RV 012 Sonata in d for Violin - Romanesca - RV 012 Sonata in d for Violin & Continuuo 1st mvmt - Preludio: Largo
Thanks Gurn. I do remember Egmont.
Quote from: Florestan on September 26, 2008, 05:07:41 AM
I've met Wanderer in Athens this month. 8)
You sure did. 8)
And I also had the pleasure to meet Tony (esodizy) quite some time ago, again in Athens.
I meet myself every now and then, but he tends to only stay by mirrors for some reason :-\
I met Nigel Wilkinson. It was very enjoyable. :)
I've chatted with Michael at a couple Brucknerthons, where he would hold court on the deck. A lot of the 'thon folks also post to rec.music.classical.recordings.
Quote from: Wanderer on September 27, 2008, 10:02:53 AM
And I also had the pleasure to meet Tony (esodizy) quite some time ago, again in Athens.
Yeah that was nice, it's too bad we didn't have more time (the weather was lovely that December(!) afternoon).
I've also met Peregrine and Choo Choo, both in London.
Quote from: Daverz on September 28, 2008, 01:05:55 AM
I've chatted with Michael at a couple Brucknerthons, where he would hold court on the deck. A lot of the 'thon folks also post to rec.music.classical.recordings.
Yes, the Brucknerthons at Ramon's house were always a lot of fun, a good opportunity to meet other collectors.
I've met with Bruce (bhodges) and George (but never the three of us IIRC::)) in NY multiple times. And I was sincerely happy to take our friendships with both of them beyond meeting up and chatting about classical music alone, although of course, with Bruce it is difficult to end or start up an evening without attending a concert together ;D
The only person I have met from this forum is Iago. His personality in person is very different from what he portrays here. A real gentleman. He has helped me immensely to learn non-operatic classical music and recommended good performances. I really appreciate that. I have also spoken to Springrite on the phone.
Quote from: Anne on September 28, 2008, 05:07:44 PM
The only person I have met from this forum is Iago. His personality in person is very different from what he portrays here.
Why is this so common?
One personality is hard enough for me to keep up.
Quote from: Anne on September 28, 2008, 05:07:44 PM
The only person I have met from this forum is Iago. His personality in person is very different from what he portrays here. A real gentleman.
He will be very upset when he reads that.
Quote from: Anne on September 28, 2008, 05:07:44 PM
The only person I have met from this forum is Iago. His personality in person is very different from what he portrays here. A real gentleman. He has helped me immensely to learn non-operatic classical music and recommended good performances. I really appreciate that. I have also spoken to Springrite on the phone.
Yes, I remember talking to you. I did not realise this Anne is that Anne!
Quote from: M forever on September 28, 2008, 08:14:19 PM
He will be very upset when he reads that.
Don't worry, you hardly risk a similar fate. ;)
I met a Girl that resides on GMG, 6 months ago.
Quote from: M forever on September 28, 2008, 08:14:19 PM
He will be very upset when he reads that.
That depends on which of his personalities is doing the reading.
The only person from GMG I have met is Larry Rinkel, who used to post here. A rather disagreeable, arrogant fellow, and the forum is well rid of him.
You met Larry? Wow - I always quite liked the grumpy old codger, though, I must say. What's he like IRL?
Quote from: lukeottevanger on September 29, 2008, 04:03:41 AM
You met Larry? Wow - I always quite liked the grumpy old codger, though, I must say. What's he like IRL?
Disagreable and arrogant.
Surprising... I'd love to have been a fly on the wall at that meeting, then!
Quote from: lukeottevanger on September 29, 2008, 04:03:41 AM
You met Larry? Wow - I always quite liked the grumpy old codger, though, I must say. What's he like IRL?
Back when I was still living in the US of A, I met Larry several times. I did not find him "disagreeable and arrogant" at all.
Basically, he is a physically rather imposing fellow (& must be pushing 60 by now), but quite soft-spoken and polite. He is of course hugely knowledgeable about music, but interesting to talk to regardless of the subject.
Quote from: lukeottevanger on September 29, 2008, 04:08:38 AM
Surprising... I'd love to have been a fly on the wall at that meeting, then!
It didn't last long. During dinner when he started insulting certain composers and performers, it became so unpleasant that I walked out (leaving my share of the bill, of course).
Blimey! :o
Further on the subject - during my time in the NJ/Phila. area (1999-2001) I was able to meet:
Barry Z. (no longer posts here; we lived in the same neighborhood briefly)
Joe Barron (at a group lunch)
Owlice (at the same lunch)
Karl Henzy (ditto - don't know if he ever posted here, but a very interesting guy anyway)
Quote from: Spitvalve on September 29, 2008, 04:17:57 AM
Further on the subject - during my time in the NJ/Phila. area (1999-2001) I was able to meet:
Joe Barron (at a group lunch)
If there is a GMG members you'd love to meet, Joe would be one of the people I'd put on my list.
Then again, my list will probably be rather long.
I am in regular touch with Michel/Paul, we meet up for meals and I have been to see Matti and his family several times in Finland and he has been over to visit us.
I also have plans for meeing another member, but we will have to see how the holiday plans turn out.
Mike
Quote from: springrite on September 29, 2008, 05:39:29 AM
If there is a GMG members you'd love to meet, Joe would be one of the people I'd put on my list.
Then again, my list will probably be rather long.
I know
my list is.
Quote from: Sforzando on September 29, 2008, 03:56:43 AM
That depends on which of his personalities is doing the reading.
Hah!
Quote from: Sforzando on September 29, 2008, 04:13:02 AM
It didn't last long. During dinner when he started insulting certain composers and performers, it became so unpleasant that I walked out (leaving my share of the bill, of course).
Well, when I met with
Larry, we agreed at the outset that Dittersdorf was taboo. And the subsequent conversation was unfailingly pleasant.
I don't think I ever talked to Larry about Dittersdorf - must be why I only ever saw his sunny disposition to the fore :P >:D
Quote from: springrite on September 28, 2008, 08:52:39 PM
Yes, I remember talking to you. I did not realise this Anne is that Anne!
:) It was a pleasure to talk to you.
I am wondering what the script would be like in the movie When Harry Meets Larry. ;D
Quote from: springrite on September 29, 2008, 06:49:07 PM
I am wondering what the script would be like in the movie When Harry Meets Larry. ;D
It wouldn't be long, and would end in Harry's death.
If I could, I would love to meet some of the Opera forum posters who are very knowledgeable about opera and amazingly pleasant.
Quote from: Philoctetes on September 29, 2008, 07:02:40 PM
It wouldn't be long, and would end in Harry's death.
Philo, you have a very low opinion of my powers I see.
Believe a human has to be born yet, that is able to perform such a act.
Quote from: Sarastro on September 29, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
If I could, I would love to meet some of the Opera forum posters who are very knowledgeable about opera and amazingly pleasant.
Yeah, that is fun. I haven't met anyone from this forum, but I've met some from other opera forums. Six, I think, individually, plus when I was in Chicago two season ago for
Dialogues des Carmélites and
Così fan tutte, we had a restaurant get-together with about 20 folks, including spouses/partners and some Internet-phobic opera-lovers. We're planning another one for November, when I go there to see
Lulu.
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 01:58:20 AM
Philo, you have a very low opinion of my powers I see.
Believe a human has to be born yet, that is able to perform such a act.
Not at all. I just think that Larry wouldn't even allow you a word.
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 01:58:20 AM
Philo, you have a very low opinion of my powers I see.
Believe a human has to be born yet, that is able to perform such a act.
I'm sure both
Harry and
Larry would enjoy the occasion.
Quote from: Sforzando on September 29, 2008, 04:13:02 AM
It didn't last long. During dinner when he started insulting certain composers and performers, it became so unpleasant that I walked out (leaving my share of the bill, of course).
;D
I've managed to avoid everyone so far. 0:)
Quote from: karlhenning on September 30, 2008, 04:52:51 AM
I'm sure both Harry and Larry would enjoy the occasion.
And so would their seconds, Barry and Gary.
Ah! I love the sound of whetstones in the . . . mo - o - orning
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Quote from: Philoctetes on September 30, 2008, 04:05:58 AM
Not at all. I just think that Larry wouldn't even allow you a word.
Better still I would completely ignore him!
Quote from: karlhenning on September 30, 2008, 04:52:51 AM
I'm sure both Harry and Larry would enjoy the occasion.
Each in our own way.......yes!
Quote from: mn dave on September 30, 2008, 05:09:30 AM
I've managed to avoid everyone so far. 0:)
That is not a bad option Dave! ;D
However I met some of the girls already.....
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 05:20:13 AM
That is not a bad option Dave! ;D
However I met some of the girls already.....
Well, girls... ;)
Quote from: mn dave on September 30, 2008, 05:22:19 AM
Well, girls... ;)
They are really very different from the guys, believe me......more approachable that is.
And willing to give in.....
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 05:20:13 AM
That is not a bad option Dave! ;D
However I met some of the girls already.....
We'd be shocked out of our shells if you didn't!
Quote from: springrite on September 30, 2008, 05:25:34 AM
We'd be shocked out of our shells if you didn't!
Thanks for the trust
Paul! ;D
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 05:25:14 AM
They are really very different from the guys, believe me....
I'd always heard that . . . . ;)
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 05:25:14 AM
They are really very different from the guys, believe me......more approachable that is.
And willing to give in.....
That's not what I've heard. None of them thought they gave in, and all considered themselves to be conquerers!
...then again, maybe that very face makes Harry the pro that he is...
Quote from: springrite on September 30, 2008, 05:31:18 AM
...then again, maybe that very face makes Harry the pro that he is...
That had me over the floor ;D ;D ;D
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Quote from: karlhenning on September 30, 2008, 05:28:30 AM
I'd always heard that . . . . ;)
And its true
Karl, what I have discovered, o, my......
Quote from: Harry on September 30, 2008, 05:18:55 AM
Better still I would completely ignore him!
I'll bet you anything he would completely ignore you before you even had a chance to completely ignore him, thus making you feel completely slighted.
Hiya, spitvalve! Long time, no see! Where are you these days?
I called Karl Henzy some years ago, about two years or so after he stopped posting (and answering emails), just to let him know he was missed online. Obviously that did no good at all, but still, it had to be said!
I'm pretty sure Yasser is still in this area, but I haven't been in touch with him for a few years. And cliftwood, who was also at that lunch oh, so long ago, and his lovely wife attended Mark's and my wedding last year, as did GMG's own Karl Henning.
~~~
Those of you dissing Larry Rinkel... grrrrrrrrrr!
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 09:20:07 AM
Hiya, spitvalve! Long time, no see! Where are you these days?
I called Karl Henzy some years ago, about two years or so after he stopped posting (and answering emails), just to let him know he was missed online. Obviously that did no good at all, but still, it had to be said!
I'm pretty sure Yasser is still in this area, but I haven't been in touch with him for a few years. And cliftwood, who was also at that lunch oh, so long ago, and his lovely wife attended Mark's and my wedding last year, as did GMG's own Karl Henning.
~~~
Those of you dissing Larry Rinkel... grrrrrrrrrr!
Where the heck have you been? I had this mental picture of you and some of the rest of the MIA's (Cliffwood, Karl, Larry, etc.) partying like there is no tomorrow. Well, I am not sure about Karl and Larry, but you, my friend, do seem like the partying kind!
Hiya, springrite!
I've been right where I've always been! Just not here, and yes, we've all been partying -- just ask Karl! :D
How are you? What's new ("new" being "anything noteworthy in the past, say, two years or so") with you?
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 09:28:42 AM
I've been right where I've always been! Just not here, and yes, we've all been partying -- just ask Karl! :D
Who could forget that post-Evensong carouse at Montien,
owlice! :D
So that's where we were!
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 09:35:17 AM
So that's where we were!
Oui! (http://www.montien-boston.com/Findex.htm)
By the bye, that's where Larry and I met, as well.
Ah! I've met Larry in NYC a couple of times. I don't know that he travels south much!
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 09:20:07 AM
Hiya, spitvalve! Long time, no see! Where are you these days?
Well hiya there Owlice! haven't see you around in a while :)
I'm in Moscow (Russia, not Idaho). So scant chance of a lunch meeting, I'm afraid :D
I think meeting in Moscow, Russia is more likely than meeting in Moscow, Idaho, somehow! Are you having fun, spitvalve?
I've just been rereading some posts from long long ago on Luto's Third. :)
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 09:39:49 AM
Those of you dissing Larry Rinkel... grrrrrrrrrr!
Well, I do have my good reasons, which I prefer not to spell out here. But he did mention having met quite a few posters - including Owlice and Karl - and he spoke very highly of every one of them.
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 09:39:49 AM
I don't know that he travels south much!
He said he's seen parts of Central/South America.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 09, 2008, 12:26:46 PM
Well, I do have my good reasons, which I prefer not to spell out here.
You may have your reasons, but I must challenge the notion that they are
good ones!
QuoteHe said he's seen parts of Central/South America.
Ah, yes, but I was referring to more immediate south of NYC, such as Philadelphia and DC. :) IIRC, and I admit it's been quite some years since I've heard the tales, there are a number of reasons he no longer ventures to these cities. Something to do with past behavior and outstanding warrants; diamonds and a score (or two scores?), The Library of Congress and one of the Philadelphia museums... I don't remember which, however, nor do I remember the details. I'm convinced he was framed in each case, because surely
Larry would
never do anything the least bit sneaky or underhanded! He is far too decent a man for such.
I do wonder why he has not sought to clear up what must be grave misunderstandings in Philadelphia and DC, but I'm sure he has his (honorable) reasons.
About the time of the great Gardner Museum heist here in Boston, the name "Larry" loomed large in printed speculation . . . .
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 02:55:34 PM
You may have your reasons, but I must challenge the notion that they are good ones!
Ah, yes, but I was referring to more immediate south of NYC, such as Philadelphia and DC. :) IIRC, and I admit it's been quite some years since I've heard the tales, there are a number of reasons he no longer ventures to these cities. Something to do with past behavior and outstanding warrants; diamonds and a score (or two scores?), The Library of Congress and one of the Philadelphia museums... I don't remember which, however, nor do I remember the details.
Say no more! you are coming close to the primary reason why I can't stand the man. In addition to being thoroughly disagreeable, he tipped his hand to me far too confidently when he showed me a photo of his apartment with the painting attributed to Vermeer that used to hang in the Philadelphia Museum. "It's not a recognized Vermeer!" quoth he. "All I have taken is a fake!" But I know he still attends special exhibits there, wearing a fake beard.
The faker.
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 02:55:34 PM
You may have your reasons, but I must challenge the notion that they are good ones!
Why don't you give it a rest. ::) Assuming Sforzando considers the reasons valid, your opinion matters not at all. Besides, nobody is universally liked.
Marti De Bergi has been wondering where his fake beard went.
Quote from: Bulldog on October 09, 2008, 03:40:32 PM
Besides, nobody is universally liked.
We cannot really be sure of that, until we know someone whom
everyone knows . . . .
Funny thing is, I happen to know that Larry is extremely fond of Sforzando. But then, who would blame him.
Quote from: Bulldog on October 09, 2008, 03:40:32 PM
Assuming Sforzando considers the reasons valid, your opinion matters not at all.
Of course my opinion matters; just ask me whether it does!
QuoteAbout the time of the great Gardner Museum heist here in Boston, the name "Larry" loomed large in printed speculation . . . .
Is he banned in Boston, too,
Karl?
QuoteYou are coming close to the primary reason why I can't stand the man. In addition to being thoroughly disagreeable, he tipped his hand to me far too confidently when he showed me a photo of his apartment with the painting attributed to Vermeer that used to hang in the Philadelphia Museum. "It's not a recognized Vermeer!" quoth he. "All I have taken is a fake!" But I know he still attends special exhibits there, wearing a fake beard.
Sforzando, ah, you are simply jealous of the man's impeccable taste!
QuoteFunny thing is, I happen to know that Larry is extremely fond of Sforzando. But then, who would blame him.
Maciek, how it must pain
Larry to know that
Sforzando does not regard him with the same esteem!
Quote from: Bulldog on October 09, 2008, 03:40:32 PM
Why don't you give it a rest. ::) Assuming Sforzando considers the reasons valid, your opinion matters not at all. Besides, nobody is universally liked.
"Your notions, though many,
Are not worth a penny,
The word for your guidance is 'Mum' —
(Mum — Mum!)
You've a very good bargain in me!"
Quote from: karlhenning on October 09, 2008, 03:42:40 PM
We cannot really be sure of that, until we know someone whom everyone knows . . . .
Well, neither of us is going to go through the research to obtain a scientific conclusion. But not even everybody likes the Bulldog, and I'm thoroughly lovable.
Quote from: Bulldog on October 09, 2008, 06:01:47 PM
Well, neither of us is going to go through the research to obtain a scientific conclusion. But not even everybody likes the Bulldog, and I'm thoroughly lovable.
You may be lovable, but it's an open question if you're likable.
Quote from: Bulldog on October 09, 2008, 03:40:32 PM
Besides, nobody is universally liked.
I think I am.
0:)
Quote from: M forever on October 09, 2008, 07:35:49 PM
I think I am.
0:)
Universally? Well, maybe globally. ;)
Quote from: Sforzando on October 09, 2008, 03:18:10 PM
Say no more! you are coming close to the primary reason why I can't stand the man. In addition to being thoroughly disagreeable, he tipped his hand to me far too confidently when he showed me a photo of his apartment with the painting attributed to Vermeer that used to hang in the Philadelphia Museum. "It's not a recognized Vermeer!" quoth he. "All I have taken is a fake!" But I know he still attends special exhibits there, wearing a fake beard.
The faker.
I'm so confused...I thought for sure you were Larry...I even saw some posts where they quoted text by you was credited to Larry, and yet your name was with the source material. What's going on here...
Quote from: owlice on October 09, 2008, 10:48:02 AM
I think meeting in Moscow, Russia is more likely than meeting in Moscow, Idaho, somehow! Are you having fun, spitvalve?
Yep, never a dull moment! You still in the DC area?
Quote
I've just been rereading some posts from long long ago on Luto's Third. :)
Wow. :o Is that from the marathon dissection of that piece we did in 2000 or so?
Quote from: Harry's corner on September 30, 2008, 05:25:14 AM
They are really very different from the guys, believe me......more approachable that is.
And willing to give in.....
Well, in the place you live in, Harry, even the guys are willing to
give in. ::)
Quote from: JCampbell on October 09, 2008, 09:43:11 PM
I'm so confused...I thought for sure you were Larry...I even saw some posts where they quoted text by you was credited to Larry, and yet your name was with the source material. What's going on here...
I have no idea how these rumors got started.
Quote from: Sarastro on October 09, 2008, 11:32:34 PM
Well, in the place you live in, Harry, even the guys are willing to give in. ::)
What an odd comment. ???
Quote from: Corey on October 10, 2008, 04:05:57 AM
What an odd comment. ???
Yes, had the same feeling! :P
Quote from: Spitvalve on October 09, 2008, 11:06:53 PM
Yep, never a dull moment! You still in the DC area?
Yes, indeed!
QuoteWow. :o Is that from the marathon dissection of that piece we did in 2000 or so?
Yes, indeed it is! It was fun to look at it again. Kind of makes me want to listen to the work again with the full discussion in front of me.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 10, 2008, 03:54:56 AM
I have no idea how these rumors got started.
You need to ask
Larry how they get started; I have a feeling
he knows!
In fact, I'm certain of it....
Quote from: owlice on October 10, 2008, 04:24:01 AM
You need to ask Larry how they get started; I have a feeling he knows!
In fact, I'm certain of it....
How typical of his evil nature - to pretend that he's me. Karl Rove is not so underhanded.
Larry Rinkel owes me money!
;) :P
Quote from: mn dave on October 10, 2008, 05:15:18 AM
Larry Rinkel owes me money!
;) :P
And stop calling me at home!
Quote from: Sforzando on October 10, 2008, 05:11:35 AM
How typical of his evil nature - to pretend that he's me. Karl Rove is not so underhanded.
If you read
JCampbell's post again,
Sforzando, you will see that the accusation is that
you have pretended to be
Larry, not the other way around.
I must point out that
Larry would never make such an error; he reads with more care than you apparently do.
I think it's the other way around: Larry sensed that Sforzando might be joining the forum one day, and started impersonating him ahead of time.
Quote from: Maciek on October 10, 2008, 07:52:25 AM
I think it's the other way around: Larry sensed that Sforzando might be joining the forum one day, and started impersonating him ahead of time.
No, no! I cannot believe that of
Larry!!
Quote from: Maciek on October 10, 2008, 07:52:25 AM
I think it's the other way around: Larry sensed that Sforzando might be joining the forum one day, and started impersonating him ahead of time.
Greg!
Greg!
Maciek is channeling Ubloobideega!
Quote from: owlice on October 10, 2008, 07:55:07 AM
No, no! I cannot believe that of Larry!!
Pre-emptive impersonation . . . 'tain't natchral.
It may have been good natured. After all, he does seem to extremely like Sforzando. Maybe it was more of a role model relation.
Quote from: owlice on October 10, 2008, 07:55:07 AM
No, no! I cannot believe that of Larry!!
A touch, a touch, I do confess't. When we were still friendly (before we met, that is), he tried to persuade me to join up here, and then I noticed him adopting some of my personal mannerisms and quirks - all to disguise his own nefarious personality. Clever, but I saw through it right away.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 10, 2008, 03:54:56 AM
I have no idea how these rumors got started.
Even though I don't know Larry any better than I know SF, I do know Larry would not be amused.
Mike
Quote from: knight on October 10, 2008, 10:07:40 AM
Even though I don't know Larry any better than I know SF, I do know Larry would not be amused.
Mike
Larry actually had a fairly decent sense of humor.
Quote from: karlhenning on October 10, 2008, 08:14:18 AM
Greg! Greg! Maciek is channeling Ubloobideega!
I finally found out his last name today. It's Gonzalez. Ubloobideega Gonzalez.
Now, if you lived over here, where the Casey/Caley Anthony story is on the news every day (since it's a local case), you might actually "get" some sort of humor/irony there. But you might have to think for a second, which would ruin the humor.
Quote from: Philoctetes on October 10, 2008, 04:48:03 PM
Larry actually had a fairly decent sense of humor.
Oh, I agree....but there
are limits.
Mike
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on October 10, 2008, 06:32:23 PM
I finally found out his last name today. It's Gonzalez. Ubloobideega Gonzalez.
Now, if you lived over here, where the Casey/Caley Anthony story is on the news every day (since it's a local case), you might actually "get" some sort of humor/irony there. But you might have to think for a second, which would ruin the humor.
Believe me, your Ubloobideega thing has gone
way beyond humour.
Mike
I might have to think about that for a second.
This is currently the most amusing (albeit slightly degenerated) thread on the forum. At least for some. 0:) I'm sure both Larry and Sforzando agree. Or at least one of them does.
A little tactful degeneration never hurt anyone.
Quote from: karlhenning on October 11, 2008, 07:55:09 AM
I might have to think about that for a second.
Take your time........
Quote from: Maciek on October 11, 2008, 11:38:51 AM
This is currently the most amusing (albeit slightly degenerated) thread on the forum. At least for some. 0:) I'm sure both Larry and Sforzando agree. Or at least one of them does.
I suspect that their feelings about the thread, whatever they might be, are in agreement.
After a long absence from GMG, I was happy to see the thread and run into some old acquaintances here, but distressed indeed to see indignities directed toward
Larry!
Quote from: karlhenning on September 30, 2008, 04:52:51 AM
I'm sure both Harry and Larry would enjoy the occasion.
Gee, I feel like I'm standing in the middle of Carter's opera ...
(http://data-allocine.blogomaniac.fr/mdata/1/6/7/Z20051005084305673584761/img/batman_1989_9.jpg)
Today, Larry Rinkel exists only as legend.
Quote from: Joe Barron on October 13, 2008, 01:23:06 PM
Today, Larry Rinkel exists only as legend.
Please. A comment like that only feeds his monstrous ego.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 13, 2008, 06:32:58 PM
Please. A comment like that only feeds his monstrous ego.
I am not sure whether the rule on personal attacks extends to ex-members, but I am sure you would not want to step over even that invisible line.
Mike
Quote from: knight on October 13, 2008, 11:27:20 PM
I am not sure whether the rule on personal attacks extends to ex-members, but I am sure you would not want to step over even that invisible line.
Mike
I have information leading me to believe that McCain and Obama were both ex-members, as were GW and Palin, both of whom only posted in the diner. ;) (...and I have met GW on one occasion when my role was a protester.)
They were members on the old site, so it does not count. You can't kid me you know.
Mike
Quote from: knight on October 13, 2008, 11:27:20 PM
I am not sure whether the rule on personal attacks extends to ex-members, but I am sure you would not want to step over even that invisible line.
Mike
Perhaps you and your fellow mods can put your heads together and come up with a ruling.
Hi, Joe!!
And though Larry's a good guy, "legend" seems a stretch. Now, had I been able to make a buck off copies of his "Lessons in Tonality" tape (and believe me, I tried), I might have been more inclined to agree with the "legend" designation....
Hey, Mike, are you saying I can abuse members of the old site if they don't post on this one? (If so, good thing I came back, lest scorn be posted upon me!)
Quote from: owlice on October 14, 2008, 05:21:57 AM
And though Larry's a good guy, "legend" seems a stretch.
He is a legend only in his own mind.
Quote from: owlice on October 14, 2008, 05:21:57 AM
Now, had I been able to make a buck off copies of his "Lessons in Tonality" tape (and believe me, I tried),
Hardly surprising. I hear he's got hundreds of copies stacked to the ceiling in his closet; nobody will take 'em.
Quote from: owlice on October 14, 2008, 05:21:57 AM
And though Larry's a good guy, "legend" seems a stretch.
I was referring more to his elusiveness. That and his greatness as a crime fighter.
I'd like to hear more about
Springrite's role as a protester. I've never appeared at a rally, but I've been protesting in my mind every day since 2001.
Larry is a crime fighter. I want to hear more.
As to the slagging off of members of the former site, only those specified. Obama, etc., people in the public eye. Owlice, have you been in the public eye? What have you been up to? Do we need to add you to the list of public figures open for brickbats?
Mike
Mike, it depends on how one defines "in the public eye." Certainly I've been seen by the public's eyes. There is nothing public about my figure, however.
I do so like the idea of smacking members of the former site, or even other sites. Please don't disappoint me by telling me I oughtn't do it!
I can deny you nothing and as I am about to buzz off for three days.....
Mike
Quote from: Joe Barron on October 14, 2008, 05:38:13 AM
I was referring more to his elusiveness. That and his greatness as a crime fighter.
I'd like to hear more about Springrite's role as a protester. I've never appeared at a rally, but I've been protesting in my mind every day since 2001.
Twice: Once against his economic policies favoring the rich. Another time and more famously, against him giving China most favorite nation status so soon after the 89 crackdown.
Quote from: owlice on October 14, 2008, 12:51:41 PM
Mike, it depends on how one defines "in the public eye."
Mike, I was once in the same restaurant in which it seemed that
owlice (or someone else in her near vicinity) was bunging about fragments of fortune cookies; whether any of the projectiles lodged in the public eye, I do not clearly recall.
Mr. Henning, I did nothing, nothing, I tell you, with fortune cookies (except eat 'em)!
It was Kung Pao Chicken I was flinging!
Mike, thank you! I'll let the abuse fly while you're away. Shhhhh! Don't tell a soul!
Have fun wherever it is you are heading!
Quote from: owlice on October 15, 2008, 06:29:24 AM
Mr. Henning, I did nothing, nothing, I tell you, with fortune cookies (except eat 'em)!
It was Kung Pao Chicken I was flinging!
Prudent selection; sticks to the target much better.
Quote from: owlice on October 14, 2008, 12:51:41 PM
I do so like the idea of smacking members of the former site, or even other sites.
Me too, especially if it's a certain right-wing whacko at CMG.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 15, 2008, 07:41:27 AM
Me too, especially if it's a certain right-wing whacko at CMG.
What a waste of electrons that would be! I'd want my bashing, should I choose to engage in it, to be
fun!
Christo and myself had the immense pleasure of meeting fellow GMG member Vandermolen and family (wife Katy and daughter Ellie) in Leiden, the Netherlands, yesterday afternoon and evening. We went for a meal at Italian restaurant Donatello, where the food was as nice as it was inexpensive (and so it's very popular with the students from Leiden University, where Ellie is studying, too).
The momentous occasion was immortalized, twice, by a friendly waitress.
And no. 2
Wish I might have joined you all!
Looks like you had a good time! 8)
Quote from: Jezetha on October 28, 2008, 04:54:01 AM
Christo and myself had the immense pleasure of meeting fellow GMG member Vandermolen and family (wife Katy and daughter Ellie) in Leiden, the Netherlands, yesterday afternoon and evening. We went for a meal at Italian restaurant Donatello, where the food was as nice as it was inexpesive (and so it's very popular with the students from Leiden University, where Ellie is studying, too).
The momentous occasion was immortalized, twice, by a friendly waitress.
I am assuming-since you say that the food was nice-that this photograph was taken before you started eating ;) ;D
How did Katy and Ellie cope with the musical segment of your conversation? :) :)
I met my face in the mirror this morning. Pretty rough going.
Quote from: Dundonnell on October 28, 2008, 07:14:37 AM
I am assuming-since you say that the food was nice-that this photograph was taken before you started eating ;) ;D
We were halfway...
QuoteHow did Katy and Ellie cope with the musical segment of your conversation? :) :)
We kept musical things to a bearable minimum. Fortunately, Jeffrey and I had already talked music for one and a half hours before that, and Johan and Jeffrey had a chat whilst walking to Donatello (with me happily conversing with Katy). So the ladies survived the ordeal without any problems!
Quote from: Jezetha on October 28, 2008, 07:28:11 AM
We were halfway...
We kept musical things to a bearable minimum. Fortunately, Jeffrey and I had already talked music for one and a half hours before that, and Johan and Jeffrey had a chat whilst walking to Donatello (with me happily conversing with Katy). So the ladies survived the ordeal without any problems!
First class :)
I take it that when you were walking to the restaurant you were discussing with Katy Robert Simpson's contention that HB had the greatest understanding, of all composers, of the genius of the bass tuba or was it the influence on Brian's symphonic work of the landscapes of Staffordshire and Shropshire? ;D :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on October 28, 2008, 07:49:10 AM
First class :)
I take it that when you were walking to the restaurant you were discussing with Katy Robert Simpson's contention that HB had the greatest understanding, of all composers, of the genius of the bass tuba or was it the influence on Brian's symphonic work of the landscapes of Staffordshire and Shropshire? ;D :)
Were you that fly-on-the-pavement I kept almost treading on? How do you know?!
Seriously, though, Katy is a very interesting and intelligent woman. So - the Old Man didn't make an appearance...
I have spies everywhere :)
Who do you think the kindly waitress was really working for?
Seriously...I am delighted that it all went so well :)
Quote from: mn dave on October 28, 2008, 07:15:49 AM
I met my face in the mirror this morning. Pretty rough going.
;D
I have only met ex members Larry Rinkel and Steve Molino about 5 years ago. It seems like ages, but I made a special arrangement to go to NYC and see the city and go to concerts. It was a wonderful experience, so I am not believing any of this junk about Larry I've read. I remember Alban Berg from CMG writing some of the best posts I have ever read on the Internet.
Junk about Larry? . . .
You mean not everyone has figured out that Sfz is Larry Rinkel?
Quote from: Catison on October 28, 2008, 12:12:15 PM
I have only met ex members Larry Rinkel and Steve Molino about 5 years ago. It seems like ages, but I made a special arrangement to go to NYC and see the city and go to concerts. It was a wonderful experience, so I am not believing any of this junk about Larry I've read. I remember Alban Berg from CMG writing some of the best posts I have ever read on the Internet.
Berg is still alive? ???
8)
Quote from: Corey on October 28, 2008, 01:25:21 PM
You mean not everyone has figured out that Sfz is Larry Rinkel?
there's similarities, but i don't think so......
*facepalm*
Quote from: Corey on October 28, 2008, 01:25:21 PM
You mean not everyone has figured out that Sfz is Larry Rinkel?
??? I didn't know this! Is it true?
I think it's true. I wish he'd just come out and say it. ;D
Quote from: mn dave on October 28, 2008, 02:11:30 PM
I think it's true. I wish he'd just come out and say it. ;D
oh,
Sfz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As my friend Gurn mentioned earlier, we met twice, having lunch both times at the same place, with other members of our respective families. It really is nice to meet, although it's almost like we had known each other for years :D.
I met with former member ChooChoo last June in Amsterdam. His lovely wife was with him. What a nice, pleasant, together couple!
And next month I'll finally go to the Big Apple and meet my hero, Bruce Almighty!! :D. I'll be accompanied by my daughter the sexy cop, who has vowed to raid Manhattan shops like a cloud of grasshoppers. Can't wait!
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 28, 2008, 05:50:44 PM
And next month I'll finally go to the Big Apple and meet my hero, Bruce Almighty!! :D. I'll be accompanied by my daughter the sexy cop, who has vowed to raid Manhattan shops like a cloud of grasshoppers.
Or even more devastating, like Palin.
Quote from: karlhenning on October 28, 2008, 05:05:10 AM
Wish I might have joined you all!
Provided that you stop pounding it, you're always very welcome at our dining table, Karl, you know that! ;)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 28, 2008, 05:50:44 PM
I'll be accompanied by my daughter the sexy cop, who has vowed to raid Manhattan shops like a cloud of grasshoppers.
This is definitely the first time I have read someone call their daughter
sexy.
Then again there's probably some joke I'm missing.
Quote from: Catison on October 29, 2008, 02:52:47 AM
This is definitely the first time I have read someone call their daughter sexy.
Then again there's probably some joke I'm missing.
Yes, you are. LP (André) posted some pictures of himself and his son and two daughters on another thread (
What do you look like? or something like that). One of his daughters is a policewoman, who caused some positive comments about her appearance...
Quote from: Jezetha on October 29, 2008, 02:57:15 AM
Yes, you are. LP (André) posted some pictures of himself and his son and two daughters on another thread (What do you look like? or something like that). One of his daughters is a policewoman, who caused some positive comments about her appearance...
Oh, I hope no one said "arrest me, please!"
Quote from: springrite on October 29, 2008, 03:17:36 AM
Oh, I hope no one said "arrest me, please!"
Scroll down from here...
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,8585.msg214504.html#msg214504
My favorite "I'm being held by the police" line is in Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe.
Is Facebook considered face-to-face ??? ;) 0:)
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 29, 2008, 05:09:47 AM
Is Facebook considered face-to-face ??? ;) 0:)
Only if both of you put your faces on the screen at the same time.
Quote from: Catison on October 29, 2008, 10:37:06 AM
Only if both of you put your faces on the screen at the same time.
'Tain't natchrel.
Quote from: ChamberNut on October 29, 2008, 05:09:47 AM
Is Facebook considered face-to-face ??? ;) 0:)
Hey, you haven't friend-requested me :(
;D
Quote from: Brian on October 29, 2008, 12:49:56 PM
Hey, you haven't friend-requested me :(
;D
I should correct this faux pas! :)
Quote from: Catison on October 29, 2008, 10:37:06 AM
Only if both of you put your faces on the screen at the same time.
(not recommended)
Quote from: Christo on October 29, 2008, 02:16:15 AM
Provided that you stop pounding it, you're always very welcome at our dining table, Karl, you know that! ;)
(* resolves to behave himself *)
Quote from: Jezetha on October 28, 2008, 04:55:03 AM
And no. 2
I have now returned to the UK after an extended sea crossing on the 'Stena Hollandica' thanks to the gangway being broken down at Harwich (typical!) Anyway, all this fades into insignificance compared with the momentous encounter with the two Johans (Jezetha and Christo) in Leiden. I see that they have already posted some photos and having not reached the digital age yet I must wait a day or two before getting mine back, but hope to post some in a day or two.
I would normally expect to have something to say about 'mad Dutchman', 'CD nutters' 'Havergal Brian maniacs' etc. But the kindness, generosity, good humour and thoughtfulness of Johan and Johan is what stands out for me (and my wife and daughter, who really enjoyed themselves...meeting Jezetha and Christo was a highlight of our visit to Leiden according to my wife Katy). It was really good fun; the first time I have met anyone from the forum (but not the last I hope). As Johan (Jezetha) said, it worked out very well as I had an extended time to talk with him (and then with Johan (Christo) before meeting my wife and daughter at Leiden Town Hall and Donatello's restaurant respectively. We then, pretty much (but not entirely) steered clear of Havergal Brian, Miaskovsky etc for the rest of the evening but found much else to discuss.
So thanks once again to my two Dutch hosts for such a great evening!
The pleasure is wholly mutual. It proves that if a poster is 'himself' in real life and online, you simply pick up the conversation face-to-face where you left it on the computer screen...
Where are the pictures of this pivotal meeting I wonder? ;D
Quote from: Harry's Corner on October 30, 2008, 04:00:58 AM
Where are the pictures of this pivotal meeting I wonder? ;D
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9240.msg241367.html#msg241367
Quote from: Jezetha on October 30, 2008, 04:02:45 AM
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9240.msg241367.html#msg241367
Thank you so much, Johan!
Here, at last, are some of my photos of the famous meeting of the so-called Braga Santos experts in a Leiden bar, just over a week ago. Left to right Johan (Jezetha), Jeffrey (vandermolen), Johan (Christo). Happy memories of a great evening:
A most distinguished assembly!
Quote from: vandermolen on November 05, 2008, 11:33:44 AM
Here, at last, are some of my photos of the famous meeting of the so-called Braga Santos experts in a Leiden bar, just over a week ago. Left to right Johan (Jezetha), Jeffrey (vandermolen), Johan (Christo). Happy memories of a great evening:
Great photo! Looks like a good time is being had by all... :D
--Bruce
Christo has a nice moustache.
Here we are again:
Quote from: vandermolen on November 05, 2008, 11:33:44 AM
Here, at last, are some of my photos of the famous meeting of the so-called Braga Santos experts in a Leiden bar, just over a week ago. Left to right Johan (Jezetha), Jeffrey (vandermolen), Johan (Christo). Happy memories of a great evening:
Christo looks much more like the illicit love child of Groucho Marx and Peter O'Toole than I imagined ;D
Quote from: vandermolen on November 05, 2008, 11:33:44 AM
Here, at last, are some of my photos of the famous meeting of the so-called Braga Santos experts in a Leiden bar, just over a week ago. Left to right Johan (Jezetha), Jeffrey (vandermolen), Johan (Christo). Happy memories of a great evening:
Yes - an evening to remember... Nice pics!
Putting real-life images up only confuses things. I'd rather picture you as your avatar.
Quote from: mn dave on November 05, 2008, 01:50:43 PM
Putting real-life images up only confuses things. I'd rather picture you as your avatar.
When I read your posts I see
your face, Dave, not
Chopin's...
Quote from: Jezetha on November 05, 2008, 02:02:38 PM
When I read your posts I see your face, Dave, not Chopin's...
You poor man. :'(
The Face of the Century, remember?... ;)
Quote from: vandermolen on November 05, 2008, 11:33:44 AM
Here, at last, are some of my photos of the famous meeting of the so-called Braga Santos experts in a Leiden bar, just over a week ago. Left to right Johan (Jezetha), Jeffrey (vandermolen), Johan (Christo). Happy memories of a great evening:
Glad to see that your initial meeting was in a bar and not in one of those infamous Dutch 'coffee shops' ;D ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on November 05, 2008, 02:13:27 PM
Glad to see that your initial meeting was in a bar and not in one of those infamous Dutch 'coffee shops' ;D ;D
Yes, it was all quite proper. (We bought our cannabis on the street.)
Support your local shopkeepers!
Quote from: Brian on November 05, 2008, 12:23:33 PM
Christo looks much more like the illicit love child of Groucho Marx and Peter O'Toole than I imagined ;D
Maybe not O'Toole, but Omar Sharif? ;D
Quote from: Jezetha on November 05, 2008, 02:17:35 PM
Yes, it was all quite proper. (We bought our cannabis on the street.)
;D
Quote from: Jezetha on November 05, 2008, 02:17:35 PM
Yes, it was all quite proper. (We bought our cannabis on the street.)
the strangest thing I tried in Amsterdam must have been the bubblegum cannabis which actually tasted just like bubblegum. How the hell did they do that? It was disgusting. I remember walking around the cafe trying to balance 3 plates on my arm like a waiter and laughing till choking while some American woman made fun of one of my Czech friends who fully deserved it. That city makes for great times. I have a ticket to Bxl at 2pm today though I don't think I'm' going to use it ::)
Quote from: Jezetha on November 05, 2008, 02:17:35 PM
(We bought our cannabis on the street.)
;D
Before or after the picture was taken? You all seem very pleased for some reason. :)
Quote from: Wanderer on November 06, 2008, 12:55:32 AM
;D
Before or after the picture was taken? You all seem very pleased for some reason. :)
After. But we had already spotted the dealer through the window.
Quote from: Brian on November 05, 2008, 12:23:33 PM
Christo looks much more like the illicit love child of Groucho Marx and Peter O'Toole than I imagined ;D
At least I now understand some of the fears behind the majority vote against the legalisation of same-sex marriages in a number of States, last Tuesday. 8) I'm afraid it would even be worse (mind the cannabis):
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1048/grouchomarxtx6.jpg)(http://handson.provocateuse.com/images/photos/peter_o_toole_02.jpg)
Quote from: Jezetha on November 06, 2008, 01:04:28 AM
After. But we had already spotted the dealer through the window.
You know something..........I don't believe you ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Brian on November 05, 2008, 12:23:33 PM
Christo looks much more like the illicit love child of Groucho Marx and Peter O'Toole than I imagined ;D
How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know.
Quote from: karlhenning on November 06, 2008, 05:22:15 AM
How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know.
You learn something new on GMG everyday ;D
I had absolutely no idea you colonial chaps spelt pyjamas as 'pajamas' ;D :) Well, well :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on November 06, 2008, 05:28:39 AM
You learn something new on GMG everyday ;D
I had absolutely no idea you colonial chaps spelt pyjamas as 'pajamas' ;D :) Well, well :)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r246/LeahDCR/BIP1.jpg)
Bananas
In pyjamas
Are walking down the stairs...In America they had to change it to "pajamas" so the children would understand what's going on. Although I'm still not sure I understand what's going on. ;D
Yeh, I am lost too ;D
Jezetha,
Your PM in-box is full!
Such a popular chap!
Mike
Quote from: knight on November 06, 2008, 09:15:22 PM
Jezetha,
Your PM in-box is full!
Such a popular chap!
Mike
Really? Impossible. Or... perhaps because my subscription lapsed tonight when I wasn't at home. But I renewed it immediately, which the system hasn't registered yet (I hope)... Because a subscription means a bigger inbox.
Still full I am afraid Johan; those Havergal Brian Symphonies take up a lorra space!
Mike
Quote from: Jezetha on November 06, 2008, 09:52:28 PM
Really? Impossible. Or... perhaps because my subscription lapsed tonight when I wasn't at home. But I renewed it immediately, which the system hasn't registered yet (I hope)... Because a subscription means a bigger inbox.
After renewing my subscription I got message full complaints, and then after deleting 20+ messages
still got inbox full complaints. So apparently new subscriptions have smaller mailbox quotas. :(
Quote from: Brian on November 06, 2008, 10:00:45 PM
After renewing my subscription I got message full complaints, and then after deleting 20+ messages still got inbox full complaints. So apparently new subscriptions have smaller mailbox quotas. :(
If that is true... [removes invective]
I am pruning my inbox, and I found this mail by Rob, written after I had complained about exactly this thing...:
Hi Johan
Glad you like the website.
Unfortunately, there is a bug in the forum software to do with conflicts within membergroups.
The bottom line is that I have to manually reset your account to accept additional Personal Messages. I have now done this, and you should have an unlimited Inbox.
Please let me know if you continue to have problems.
I will be upgrading the forum software soon, and that should eliminate this problem and make it automated.
cheers, and thank you for your support
Rob
I get the feeling the Forum software hasn't been upgraded yet...
I just wrote to Rob (and mentioned your plight, too, Brian).
Quote from: knight on November 06, 2008, 09:57:09 PM
Still full I am afraid Johan; those Havergal Brian Symphonies take up a lorra space!
(* chortle *)
Johan's inbox is full because of all the messages asking him for the names of these street dealers he knows in Leiden ;D ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on November 07, 2008, 05:25:38 AM
Johan's inbox is full because of all the messages asking him for the names of these street dealers he knows in Leiden ;D ;D
My secret is out. :'(
My inbox was full as well a couple of days ago, and yet it was only 6 pages long. I pruned, pruned, pruned, and since I wasn't PMed since I have no idea if it worked. :P
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on November 08, 2008, 09:59:55 AM
My inbox was full as well a couple of days ago, and yet it was only 6 pages long. I pruned, pruned, pruned, and since I wasn't PMed since I have no idea if it worked. :P
I just PM'ed you. It seems to work. But I don't think you'll be able to PM me...
Perhaps you guys need to also take a look at your outboxes? Those can fill up quite quickly too.
I don't think we Little People have out-boxes . . . .
;)
Quote from: karlhenning on November 08, 2008, 05:36:42 PM
I don't think we Little People have out-boxes . . . .
;)
Yes you do. When you check "save a copy of this reply", it goes into your outbox. I know people who save copies of a lot of replies (proof shots ??? ) and I think it likely that they forget that when checking the volume of their mail. Or not. Just sayin'... :-\
8)
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Listening to:
Mozart: The Symphonies - Pinnock, Trevor; The English Concert - Symphony #28 in C, K. 200: I. Allegro spiritoso
Not at all surprisingly, you are perfectly right, Gurn!
Quote from: Maciek on November 08, 2008, 12:58:25 PM
Perhaps you guys need to also take a look at your outboxes? Those can fill up quite quickly too.
Rob has addressed the problem. Both of my boxes can now be as big as they like again... (No innuendo there)
I totally forgot about the outbox... ::) But I assume that Rob has fixed it for everyone, so no need to pore over tons of old pms.
Time to bump this thread...
Here's one of Brian and I from last night's symphony concert.
Apologies we didn't think about it until under a bright orange light, and that it is a shoddy self portrait...
A bit blurry, but still a good pic!
Quote from: G$ on November 16, 2008, 06:43:21 PM
A bit blurry, but still a good pic!
Well, we don't mind Brian being blurry. The important thing is that Senta is not blurry. ;D
Quote from: springrite on November 16, 2008, 08:03:22 PM
Well, we don't mind Brian being blurry. The important thing is that Senta is not blurry. ;D
I wore a tie for
this? ;D
Pretty cool pic, fun concert, a good time was had by all I think! :)
Yes, nice pic!
Yes, sorry about Brian being blurry...he did look nice though! Self portraits are problematic with focus.
It's really funny that with that lighting our clothes match! LOL! :D
Quote from: springrite on November 16, 2008, 08:03:22 PM
Well, we don't mind Brian being blurry. The important thing is that Senta is not blurry. ;D
Exactly my sentiments too! ;D
Brian is sufficiently un-blurry that we can tell he's wearing glasses and a tie. :D
Nice photo (Senta and Brian)
Yes, good to see you both. :)
Just for the record (and to bump this thread...) - Christo (Johan) and I met up with Dundonnell (Colin) this weekend. Christo showed him around Utrecht on Saturday and I did the same in Delft on Sunday. We had a meal in Amsterdam on Saturday evening, with a friend of Colin's and my sister (+ friend of hers) being present, too.
It was all very enjoyable!
Colin will be returning to Scotland later today. Expect some pictures soon(ish)!
Splendid! Wish I might have been there myself!
Quote from: karlhenning on February 02, 2009, 04:27:19 AM
Splendid! Wish I might have been there myself!
Me too. How dare the 'Braga Santos Experts' meet without me - but I look forward to seeing the pics ;D
Quote from: Jezetha on February 02, 2009, 03:10:50 AM
Just for the record (and to bump this thread...) - Christo (Johan) and I met up with Dundonnell (Colin) this weekend. Christo showed him around Utrecht on Saturday and I did the same in Delft on Sunday. We had a meal in Amsterdam on Saturday evening, with a friend of Colin's and my sister (+ friend of hers) being present, too.
It was all very enjoyable!
Colin will be returning to Scotland later today. Expect some pictures soon(ish)!
Cool! Where did you eat in Amsterdam? :D
--Bruce
Quote from: vandermolen on February 02, 2009, 12:34:00 PM
Me too. How dare the 'Braga Santos Experts' meet without me - but I look forward to seeing the pics ;D
Yesterday afternoon, when I took my leave of Colin (and Scott, a friend of his, a very nice chap), I referred to this same fact. That it would be justice if the four BSEs would meet one day. Although I foresaw this cataclysmic event would sink The Netherlands...
Quote from: bhodges on February 02, 2009, 12:34:55 PM
Cool! Where did you eat in Amsterdam? :D
In a Chinese restaurant on the chaste but very crowded periphery of the red-light district (Zeedijk, to be precise)...
Quote from: Jezetha on February 02, 2009, 01:16:46 PM
Yesterday afternoon, when I took my leave of Colin (and Scott, a friend of his, a very nice chap), I referred to this same fact. That it would be justice if the four BSEs would meet one day. Although I foresaw this cataclysmic event would sink The Netherlands...
Yes, it would be as traumatic and have the same devastating consequences as a snow shower in England ;D
The afore-mentioned (and utterly exhausted!) Dundonnell has now arrived home after a long delay at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam because of the snow in Great Britain ;D
Although the London airports were closed and all flights cancelled, Edinburgh Airport had been kept open(just!). However the flight was delayed and Dundonnell spent a total of five hours enjoying the sights, sounds and other amenities of Schipol ;D ;D
However, he has now arrived safely home and had an extremely pleasant few days in the Netherlands...although he did not realise how cold it could be in January :) :)
(Changing tense)....I would like to put on record my very grateful thanks to my two Dutch friends Christo and Jezetha(the two Johans) for their tremendous kindness in showing my friend and myself around Utrecht and Delft respectively and in extending such warm friendship and hospitality :) It demonstrates how a shared love of music can translate into a bond of humanity and fellowship and how perceptions of the personalities and characters of internet friends can indeed be reflected and confirmed in the reality of a face-to-face meeting :) :)
Photographs to follow ;D
I look forward to meeting Vandermolen(Jeffrey) soon and very much hope that one day soon we may all meet up together :)
Now....BED!! ;D
Three of the 'Braga Santos Experts' at dinner together in Amsterdam on Saturday 31 January-
(left to right) Dundonnell, Christo and Jezetha.
Christo shows Dundonnell the sights of Utrecht-
can't believe you guys aren't using chopsticks
or are you?
My eyes :'(
Christo explains the details of Dutch Ecclesiastical History to Dundonnell-
Quote from: ezodisy on February 03, 2009, 03:54:19 PM
can't believe you guys aren't using chopsticks
or are you?
My eyes :'(
No...your eyes don't deceive you ;D Knives and Forks ;D
I'm jealous very happy for you guys! ;)
Among the most pleasant experiences of my mid-years has been befriending, and meeting like-minded fellows. I make Dundonells' words mine and hope to meet and discuss with a few more of my fellow GMGers. It really IS a special experience. Maybe on my next european visit (2010, crossing my fingers) :D
Jezetha shows Dundonnell round the beautiful city of Delft-
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on February 03, 2009, 04:08:35 PM
I'm jealous very happy for you guys! ;)
Among the most pleasant experiences of my mid-years has been befriending, and meeting like-minded fellows. I make Dundonells' words mine and hope to meet and discuss with a few more of my fellow GMGers. It really IS a special experience. Maybe on my next european visit (2010, crossing my fingers) :D
Thank You, Andre :)
It really was a very special occasion :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 03, 2009, 03:58:09 PM
Christo explains the details of Dutch Ecclesiastical History to Dundonnell-
Is that the church in Delft? Looks like an interior whose slide I saw once.
Arrrggghh looking at the posts on this page and trying to keep from feeling jealous is quite a task...
no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel, no, i don't need to travel,
;D
:)
:-\
:-X
:-[
:'(
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 03, 2009, 03:49:23 PM
Christo shows Dundonnell the sights of Utrecht-
The buildings right here- is this what the housing looks like, generally?
Wow, reading this thread reminding of how young I am compared to most members here.
;D Sorry. couldn't resist.
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 03, 2009, 03:45:47 PM
Three of the 'Braga Santos Experts' at dinner together in Amsterdam on Saturday 31 January-
(left to right) Dundonnell, Christo and Jezetha.
Great photos, brought back happy memories for me.
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 03, 2009, 03:58:09 PM
Christo explains the details of Dutch Ecclesiastical History to Dundonnell-
Johan does a lot of explaining or is it complaining? ;D
Quote from: karlhenning on February 03, 2009, 05:21:55 PM
Is that the church in Delft? Looks like an interior whose slide I saw once.
There are two, Karl - the Old Church and the New Church. What you are seeing in the background is the Old Church, whose tower leans as much as the one in Pisa once did (it seems to have been corrected).
Quote from: G$ on February 03, 2009, 05:40:19 PM
The buildings right here- is this what the housing looks like, generally?
No, not generally. This is the historic centre. I live in a high-rise flat (but not too high up)...
Quote from: G$ on February 03, 2009, 05:39:10 PMArrrggghh looking at the posts on this page and trying to keep from feeling jealous is quite a task...
no, i don't need to travel
you do, you do, you do
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on February 03, 2009, 04:08:35 PM
I'm jealous very happy for you guys! ;)
Among the most pleasant experiences of my mid-years has been befriending, and meeting like-minded fellows. I make Dundonells' words mine and hope to meet and discuss with a few more of my fellow GMGers. It really IS a special experience. Maybe on my next european visit (2010, crossing my fingers) :D
The Two Johans are prepared. ;)
The Old Church in Delft, seen from the other direction:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Delft_Oude_Kerk.jpg/450px-Delft_Oude_Kerk.jpg)
Quote from: imperfection on February 03, 2009, 07:18:12 PM
Wow, reading this thread reminding of how young I am compared to most members here.
It also tells you how young the members actually are... you know, looking at pictures of, say, an old symphonist ;) looking out the window beneath their handle makes you think that the members themselves are that old. :) It's a psychological thing, I suppose.
Thanks for the pictures, Dundonnell.
Quote from: opus67 on February 04, 2009, 12:58:42 AM
It also tells you how young the members actually are... you know, looking at pictures of, say, an old symphonist ;) looking out the window beneath their handle makes you think that the members themselves are that old. :) It's a psychological thing, I suppose.
Soooo true. ;)
Quote from: karlhenning on February 03, 2009, 05:21:55 PM
Is that the church in Delft? Looks like an interior whose slide I saw once.
Maybe a bit of confusion here ;D The interior of the church in which Christo is telling Dundonnell about the history of the religion in the Netherlands is in
Utrecht. Christo acted as our very well-informed guide to Utrecht on Saturday.
Quote from: imperfection on February 03, 2009, 07:18:12 PM
Wow, reading this thread reminding of how young I am compared to most members here.
;D Sorry. couldn't resist.
Don't worry ;D You will join us one day ;D
Quote from: Harry on February 03, 2009, 11:12:50 PM
Johan does a lot of explaining or is it complaining? ;D
No complaining, I assure you :) His explanations were models of balance and dispassionate objectivity :)
Quote from: opus67 on February 04, 2009, 12:58:42 AM
It also tells you how young the members actually are... you know, looking at pictures of, say, an old symphonist ;) looking out the window beneath their handle makes you think that the members themselves are that old. :) It's a psychological thing, I suppose.
Thanks for the pictures, Dundonnell.
Aaaahh....Thank You ;D ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 04, 2009, 05:35:54 AM
Maybe a bit of confusion here ;D The interior of the church in which Christo is telling Dundonnell about the history of the religion in the Netherlands is in Utrecht. Christo acted as our very well-informed guide to Utrecht on Saturday.
Oh, that's all right; it was one slide as part of a lecture on
Vermeer. I don't so much mind having got the town wrong in this recollection. Will correct for future 8)
The Dom in Haarlem(the city where I was based for my holiday)-
The Beach north of Zandvoort-
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 03, 2009, 03:45:47 PM
Three of the 'Braga Santos Experts' at dinner together in Amsterdam on Saturday 31 January-
(left to right) Dundonnell, Christo and Jezetha.
Make this black & white, and it could be hung next to Heisenberg meeting Bohr in Copenhagen over wave-function collapse! ;)
Lovely pictures.
And
Greg, if you do not travel,
I will travel to the US and
drag you overseas. You have been warned. 8)
Utrecht-
Delft on a quiet(but very cold!) Sunday-
And lastly(I promise you!)-and just because I am aged but vain ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 04, 2009, 06:12:42 AM
And lastly(I promise you!)-and just because I am aged but vain ;D
Looking dapper, Mr Dundonnell :).
The Netherlands is a beautiful country!
Quote from: Novi on February 04, 2009, 06:16:02 AM
Looking dapper, Mr Dundonnell :).
The Netherlands is a beautiful country!
The cheque is in the post ;D ;D
Quote from: Novi on February 04, 2009, 06:16:02 AM
The Netherlands is a beautiful country!
I have never been to Holland but after seeing these very beautiful pictures I would definitely like to go. All those beautiful churches, rivers 0:) my God Holland is truly beautiful!
marvin
More nice pictures!
Those aren't really rivers but canals, marvin - the water isn't going anywhere.
Delft is a very pretty town. Having spent close to fifteen years in Leiden I sometimes picture myself ending up on a little canal in Delft living a Vermeer life.
Quote from: Herman on February 04, 2009, 12:54:39 PM
Those aren't really rivers but canals, marvin - the water isn't going anywhere.
Delft is a very pretty town. Having spent close to fifteen years in Leiden I sometimes picture myself ending up on a little canal in Delft living a Vermeer life.
We missed out on Leiden :( Haarlem, Utrecht, Delft, Den Haag(The Hague, for those who don't know ;D) were all visited.
Leiden next time, for sure :)
There are beautiful rivers in the Netherlands : Lek, Waal, Vecht, Linge...
This photo is from the Belgian/Dutch border Schelde region (Saeftinghe)
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/000/403/635_Geul_2.jpg)
Holland is also a country with more roads per square mile than any other place on the planet. But whatever is left of greenery is beautifully preserved - including beautiful city parks and tree-lined streets. Considering its limitations, the country made the most out of its environment. I must have pictures somewhere of Marken and Vollendam. Many moons ago I recall having been transported to another world when visiting Amsterdam's Begijnhof (picture under - not mine, but I didn't have a camera then).
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BegijnhofAmsterdamNederlandPanorama.jpg/800px-BegijnhofAmsterdamNederlandPanorama.jpg)
Maastricht is also a beautiful and imposing city, the center of a thriving ancient commercial axis with neighbouring Germany (Aachen) and Belgium (Liège).
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/MaastrichtAltstadt.jpg/800px-MaastrichtAltstadt.jpg)
The Maas (Meuse) in Maastricht. When it merges with the Rhine it becomes the Waal
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on February 04, 2009, 06:10:30 PM
Holland is also a country with more roads per square mile than any other place on the planet. But whatever is left of greenery is beautifully preserved - including beautiful city parks and tree-lined streets. Considering its limitations, the country made the most out of its environment. I must have pictures somewhere of Marken and Vollendam. Many moons ago I recall having been transported to another world when visiting Amsterdam's Begijnhof (picture under - not mine, but I didn't have a camera then).
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/MaastrichtAltstadt.jpg/800px-MaastrichtAltstadt.jpg)
The Maas (Meuse) in Maastricht. When it merges with the Rhine it becomes the Waal
This picture is stunning Lilas- simply
STUNNING!
marvin
It was a great pleasure to meet Colin (Dunndonell) in London yesterday, where we discussed History teaching, Arthur Butterworth, Rued Langgaard, Allan Pettersson, GMG Forum and much else besides. Photos to follow.
Quote from: vandermolen on February 15, 2009, 01:13:41 AM
It was a great pleasure to meet Colin (Dunndonell) in London yesterday, where we discussed History teaching, Arthur Butterworth, Rued Langgaard, Allan Pettersson, GMG Forum and much else besides. Photos to follow.
An historic occasion!
:o
Quote from: vandermolen on February 15, 2009, 01:13:41 AM
It was a great pleasure to meet Colin (Dunndonell) in London yesterday, where we discussed History teaching, Arthur Butterworth, Rued Langgaard, Allan Pettersson, GMG Forum and much else besides. Photos to follow.
Splendid!
I very much enjoyed meeting Jeffrey(vandermolen) and his wife Katy in London on Saturday. We had a meal in an excellent pub near Trafalgar Square, crossed the Thames and had a coffee at the Festival Hall and walked along the Embankment deep in conversation about our favourite composers and our friends here(with especial reference to those in the country of the windmills and tulips ;D)
Looking forward very much to Jeffrey's photos appearing here shortly I hope :)
This meeting sounds just wonderful - looking forward to the pic's.
Wish such a thing would happen for me here - I only have one elderly friend who enjoys classical music as much as me :)
Quote from: marvinbrown on February 14, 2009, 02:57:59 AM
This picture is stunning Lilas- simply STUNNING!
It is, indeed. In California, you'll never see anything alike, and I am usually so thrilled about those European panoramas. Just can fell the history running through the streets.
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 16, 2009, 11:37:43 AM
I very much enjoyed meeting Jeffrey(vandermolen) and his wife Katy in London on Saturday. We had a meal in an excellent pub near Trafalgar Square, crossed the Thames and had a coffee at the Festival Hall and walked along the Embankment deep in conversation about our favourite composers and our friends here(with especial reference to those in the country of the windmills and tulips ;D)
Looking forward very much to Jeffrey's photos appearing here shortly I hope :)
I have it from a reliable source ;) that the pub was called 'Sherlock Holmes'! I remember seeing it when I was in London - is it near the Hungerford Foot Bridge, round the corner?
Quote from: Jezetha on February 16, 2009, 01:00:39 PM
I have it from a reliable source ;) that the pub was called 'Sherlock Holmes'! I remember seeing it when I was in London - is it near the Hungerford Foot Bridge, round the corner?
Indeed the pub was the 'Sherlock Holmes'-a nice touch really-and it is near Hungerford Bridge. A photograph of the two GMG members was taken by a kind passer-by on the bridge. I hope that it has come out well :)
Upon my meeting a GMG member face to face, I discovered we looked very much alike. (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pics/hostpics/f58c0720-1aea-4a6d-ac37-4ae4a0aa779fhillbilly.jpg)
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 16, 2009, 02:57:08 PM
Indeed the pub was the 'Sherlock Holmes'-a nice touch really-and it is near Hungerford Bridge. A photograph of the two GMG members was taken by a kind passer-by on the bridge. I hope that it has come out well :)
My memory is in working order then - I saw it 20 years ago... !
Quote from: Jezetha on February 16, 2009, 03:01:27 PM
My memory is in working order then - I saw it 20 years ago... !
A nice pub - in a quiet, very narrow street but very close to Charing Cross station. The pub features a mock up of Holmes's room at 221b Baker Street, complete with wax figures.
I hope that my photos will be back by Saturday. I have not yet reached the digital age ::)
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 16, 2009, 03:00:53 PM
Upon my meeting a GMG member face to face, I discovered we looked very much alike. (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pics/hostpics/f58c0720-1aea-4a6d-ac37-4ae4a0aa779fhillbilly.jpg)
Is that their ears, for real? :o
Quote from: G Forever on February 17, 2009, 12:38:09 PM
Is that their ears, for real? :o
You makin' fun of my ears?
Quote from: vandermolen on February 17, 2009, 12:28:26 PM
A nice pub - in a quiet, very narrow street but very close to Charing Cross station. The pub features a mock up of Holmes's room at 221b Baker Street, complete with wax figures.
I hope that my photos will be back by Saturday. I have not yet reached the digital age ::)
You really should give away all these
digital cds that you have been smuggling into your house over the years, Jeffrey ;D
There are one or two of us who would happily relieve you of all this new-fangled technology and allow you to stick with your LPs ;D ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 17, 2009, 02:55:36 PM
You really should give away all these digital cds that you have been smuggling into your house over the years, Jeffrey ;D
There are one or two of us who would happily relieve you of all this new-fangled technology and allow you to stick with your LPs ;D ;D
Good point Colin - the CDs though do have their advantages, as they are easier to smuggle into the house than LPs ;D
Quote from: vandermolen on February 17, 2009, 10:55:11 PM
Good point Colin - the CDs though do have their advantages, as they are easier to smuggle into the house than LPs ;D
Another reason to go for downloading?
BRAGA SANTOS EXPERTS IN LONDON!
Here is a photo of the famous meeting in London last Saturday. Left to right - vandermolen (Jeffrey - looking cheerful), Katy (vandermolen's wife - clearly enjoying the discussion about Arthur Butterworth's First Symphony) and Dundonnell (Colin) in the Sherlock Holmes pub, near Charing Cross. Happy memories - More photos to follow.
A pity that the fellow customer who took the photo did not centre it better ;D A potentially good photo of the Dutch Braga Santos experts and guests taken in a restaurant in Amsterdam was spoiled by camera shake :(
Still.......a nice record of a very pleasant meeting :) Look forward to the other photos :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 21, 2009, 03:37:47 AM
A pity that the fellow customer who took the photo did not centre it better ;D A potentially good photo of the Dutch Braga Santos experts and guests taken in a restaurant in Amsterdam was spoiled by camera shake :(
Still.......a nice record of a very pleasant meeting :) Look forward to the other photos :)
As vandermolen was the photographer with this next one it is obviously a more sophisticated 'art-type' photo ;D
Colin on the south side of the Thames, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and the school I attended as a boy:
And here we are again - another off centre photo taken by a kindly member of the public. The London Eye and Houses of Parliament in the background:
Excellent!
(Now must rush off to begin preparing a dinner party for tonight :) I have never cooked partridges before and am very conscious that I must not OVERCOOK the birds ;D)
Sounds great Colin - hope the meal goes well! Here we are again:
Bit dark, but nice atmospheric sunset over the Houses of Parliament with Colin.
Photo of my cat (usual active day) included for no reason ;D
Quote from: vandermolen on February 21, 2009, 04:12:53 AM
Photo of my cat (usual active day) included for no reason ;D
His human says
for no reason; the cat knows better.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 21, 2009, 04:49:40 AM
His human says for no reason; the cat knows better.
Yes, you are quite right Karl :)
Quote from: vandermolen on February 21, 2009, 04:12:53 AM
Photo of my cat (usual active day) included for no reason ;D
Interesting. The books say more about you than the cat does.
Quote from: John on February 21, 2009, 05:03:50 AM
Interesting. The books say more about you than the cat does.
No doubt true (although some are my wife's). What do they say?
On the Road! Haven't read that in years!
London was very lucky to be allowed to host that historic meeting. ;)
Some very nice pictures there! :)
Quote from: vandermolen on February 21, 2009, 03:58:02 AM
And here we are again - another off centre photo taken by a kindly member of the public. The London Eye and Houses of Parliament in the background:
Hehe, that one is arty as well - they are using the rule of thirds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds) without even realising it :D
Quote from: Lethe on February 21, 2009, 06:37:45 AM
Hehe, that one is arty as well - they are using the rule of thirds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds)
You read my mind, Lethe.
Thanks for sharing the photos, Jeffrey. :)
Quote from: opus67 on February 21, 2009, 06:57:40 AM
You read my mind, Lethe.
Thanks for sharing the photos, Jeffrey. :)
The pleasure was all mine :)
QuoteJohn: Interesting. The books say more about you than the cat does.
Jeffrey: No doubt true (although some are my wife's). What do they say?
$:) Dr. John Jung explains this:
A Daoist Journal - I respect that very much and now I want one.
Some fiction by blockbusing and mainstream writers.
A smattering of Personal Development books.
An interest in both the fantasy and hardboiled.
A silly cat.
Seems to me to be someone eclectic in taste, a strong person, someone who wants to explore damn near everything but with a slight concern over their role and functionality in life. As for the cat, I see a feline yearning to be more intelligent, but alas, it is a daft cat and cannot read, so settles instead into a safe sleep beside the handkerchiefs which it will use to mourn it's overall sillyness.
;D ;D
Yes, Jeffrey and his cat are inseparable.
Quote from: John on February 21, 2009, 08:01:39 AM
That cat must have enjoyed the trip too. :o
I can assure you that I
much prefer cats to lager ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 21, 2009, 04:53:50 PM
I can assure you that I much prefer cats to lager ;D
All right, here you go. This one's a little sweet, though. :D
Quote from: John on February 21, 2009, 07:39:03 AM
$:) Dr. John Jung explains this:
A Daoist Journal - I respect that very much and now I want one.
Some fiction by blockbusing and mainstream writers.
A smattering of Personal Development books.
An interest in both the fantasy and hardboiled.
A silly cat.
Seems to me to be someone eclectic in taste, a strong person, someone who wants to explore damn near everything but with a slight concern over their role and functionality in life. As for the cat, I see a feline yearning to be more intelligent, but alas, it is a daft cat and cannot read, so settles instead into a safe sleep beside the handkerchiefs which it will use to mourn it's overall sillyness.
You are very perceptive John (or is it Sigmund?) especially the bit about 'concern over their role and functionality in life' - excellent. I have always thought that Taoism made a lot of sense. The journal was kept as part of a counselling course I did. Thank you for your views, which made me smile.
Charlie, however, has taken a dim view of your reference to him as (I quote) 'a daft cat'. He wants you to know that the photo was unrepresentative and that he is actually a highly intelligent, and as can be seen below, very active cat (for a 14 year old)
I apologise unreservedly to Charlie, whom I was mistaken to think of as a 'daft' cat. It is quite clear from the picture that Charlie needed a sleep after making his entry in his Daoist journal, a task which in fine Daoist tradition, is niether here nor there, even though it's here when it isn't and isn't here at all when in fact, it is... :-\
But yes, the first thing I pay attention to on viewing someones elses space is what they're putting into their heads, which is usually music and books. It's a good barometer of character. I rather liked what I saw of your books, a very balanced set! ;D
I have decided to take the 'altered pic off the site, as it makes too light of a meeting which was another landmark for this forum and brought together two of its finest minds. In retrospect, the altered version could also be considered offensive. :-X
Meanwhile, I am so taken by the Daoist journal I'm away to get one. ;D
Quote from: John on February 22, 2009, 05:36:51 AM
I apologise unreservedly to Charlie, whom I was mistaken to think of as a 'daft' cat. It is quite clear from the picture that Charlie needed a sleep after making his entry in his Daoist journal, a task which in fine Daoist tradition, is niether here nor there, even though it's here when it isn't and isn't here at all when in fact, it is... :-\
But yes, the first thing I pay attention to on viewing someones elses space is what they're putting into their heads, which is usually music and books. It's a good barometer of character. I rather liked what I saw of your books, a very balanced set! ;D
I have decided to take the 'altered pic off the site, as it makes too light of a meeting which was another landmark for this forum and brought together two of its finest minds. In retrospect, the altered version could also be considered offensive. :-X
Meanwhile, I am so taken by the Daoist journal I'm away to get one. ;D
Charlie forgives you. You see, like most cats, he is very Daoist in his approach to life and has learnt to 'let go' of what needs to be let go of :)
I hope that you find a nice Taoist Journal.
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ---Albert Schweitzer
Quote from: opus67 on February 21, 2009, 11:28:09 PM
All right, here you go. This one's a little sweet, though. :D
aaaahhhhhh..... :) :)
Quote from: Szykniej on February 22, 2009, 10:10:30 AM
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ---Albert Schweitzer
Excellent quote!
And dogs ?? What about dogs ?? :'(.
Quote from: Szykniej on February 22, 2009, 10:10:30 AM
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ---Albert Schweitzer
I don't think cats see it that way.
Time for the First International GMG Convention!
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on February 24, 2009, 05:26:37 PM
And dogs ?? What about dogs ?? :'(.
My cat exhibits many of the characteristics of a dog! She greets my arrival home by meowing loudly, follows me about and after I have been away for a few days sleeps on my bed curled up close to me :)
Although I cannot take her for walks I do feel often that I get the best of both worlds ;D ;D
Quote from: springrite on February 25, 2009, 07:45:57 AM
Time for the First International GMG Convention!
Hear, hear!
Quote from: Mn Dave on February 25, 2009, 09:24:28 AM
Fargo, North Dakota. 8)
Oh no! People get bumped off there in the snow ::) I have seen it on film 8)
It wasn't really "based on a true story" . . . .
8)
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 02, 2009, 04:26:22 PM
The afore-mentioned (and utterly exhausted!) Dundonnell has now arrived home after a long delay at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam because of the snow in Great Britain ;D
Although the London airports were closed and all flights cancelled, Edinburgh Airport had been kept open(just!). However the flight was delayed and Dundonnell spent a total of five hours enjoying the sights, sounds and other amenities of Schipol ;D ;D
However, he has now arrived safely home and had an extremely pleasant few days in the Netherlands...although he did not realise how cold it could be in January :) :)
(Changing tense)....I would like to put on record my very grateful thanks to my two Dutch friends Christo and Jezetha(the two Johans) for their tremendous kindness in showing my friend and myself around Utrecht and Delft respectively and in extending such warm friendship and hospitality :) It demonstrates how a shared love of music can translate into a bond of humanity and fellowship and how perceptions of the personalities and characters of internet friends can indeed be reflected and confirmed in the reality of a face-to-face meeting :) :)
Photographs to follow ;D
I look forward to meeting Vandermolen(Jeffrey) soon and very much hope that one day soon we may all meet up together :)
Now....BED!! ;D
Great to read all the stories and see all the pictures posted in this thread during my (partial) absence! Taking a special interest in meetings between BSE, I thoroughly enjoyed the stories from London, Delft and Utrecht especially. Hope for future encounters of this kind! 8)
(I was both busy and staying in Germany, these weeks, so I couldn't join my GMG friends for a while, but hope to frequent this place a bit more from now on.) :D
(BTW, an outcome of one of these meeting being, that I listened a lot to William Wordsworth's Second and Third Symphonies in Germany, so that I can testify about my admiration for yet another master symphonist, whose neglect is imcomprehensible. More of this kind to follow. ) :)
I am so very pleased to have converted you to Wordsworth, Johan :)
I wish that I could believe that we shall be able to hear more of his symphonies one day....but who knows :)
I hope that you had a pleasant time in Germany following in the footsteps but not suffering the same unfortunate fate as the late Publius Quinctilius Varus and his three legions ;D
Nice to see you back Johan. I have also warmed to the Wordsworth symphonies (they are unlike those of Walton ;D) and have been especially enjoying Butterworth's 4th Symphony and Simonsen's No 2 - a wondeful score - oops, I am not supposed to talk about music here :-X Yes, here's to more meetings with the BSE and others :)
Fellow GMG member Catison (Brett) is staying in Delft the coming three months. If all goes according to plan, we'll meet up this coming Saturday!
Splendid!
Any members here from Newfoundland, Canada (more specifically, St. John's)? I'll be there in just over a month: wondering if there are fellow forum members I could get connected with. :)
Quote from: Jezetha on May 06, 2009, 12:25:12 PM
Fellow GMG member Catison (Brett) is staying in Delft the coming three months. If all goes according to plan, we'll meet up this coming Saturday!
Yep, all the fun is in the other part of Holland, no wonder we Northerners feel so isolated......... ;D
Quote from: Jezetha on May 06, 2009, 12:25:12 PM
Fellow GMG member Catison (Brett) is staying in Delft the coming three months. If all goes according to plan, we'll meet up this coming Saturday!
Have a great time. I have very happy memories of my visit to Leiden last year.
Quote from: Harry on May 06, 2009, 01:46:54 PM
Yep, all the fun is in the other part of Holland, no wonder we Northerners feel so isolated......... ;D
Well, cheer up, Harry! You're
much nearer the coming
Dopper Festival, which starts this September in your province. I'm coming to Groningen next year (God willing) to attend a performance of Dopper's
Requiem...
Look here (nice site):
http://www.s3producties.nl/
Quote from: vandermolen on May 06, 2009, 01:50:53 PM
Have a great time. I have very happy memories of my visit to Leiden last year.
So have I. :) I'm looking forward to seeing Brett. He was on Facebook tonight, "stealing a flaky Internet connection" from his neighbours...
Quote from: Jezetha on May 06, 2009, 01:53:08 PM
So have I. :) I'm looking forward to seeing Brett. He was on Facebook tonight, "stealing a flaky Internet connection" from his neighbours...
If Brett is made to feel as welcome as was I in Delft in February-as I know that he will be-he will enjoy the meeting immensely :)
Quote from: Harry on May 06, 2009, 01:46:54 PM
Yep, all the fun is in the other part of Holland, no wonder we Northerners feel so isolated......... ;D
Well, for god's sake,
Harry, my daily drive to work would take me from North to South! You guys need to get out more. ;D
8)
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Listening to:
Quatuor Mosaiques - K 421b 428 String Quartet #16 in Eb 1st mvmt - Allegro non troppo
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on May 06, 2009, 01:11:24 PM
Any members here from Newfoundland, Canada (more specifically, St. John's)? I'll be there in just over a month: wondering if there are fellow forum members I could get connected with. :)
Joe, what on earth will you be doing in St-John's Nfld ??
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 06, 2009, 04:42:16 PM
If Brett is made to feel as welcome as was I in Delft in February-as I know that he will be-he will enjoy the meeting immensely :)
:-[
:)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 06, 2009, 04:42:16 PM
If Brett is made to feel as welcome as was I in Delft in February-as I know that he will be-he will enjoy the meeting immensely :)
I am looking forward to meeting Johan too. So far my stay in Delft has been great. I am here for only two months, though. In July my wife will join me and we plan to visit Paris and Rome before heading back to the states. While I am here I want to check out a few concerts. I intentionally left all of my music at home so that I could only satiate my craving for music with the real sort.
If anyone has some suggestions, swing them my way.
Now I only have to figure out how to get my internet working at my apartment.
Quote from: Catison on May 07, 2009, 08:23:04 AM
If anyone has some suggestions, swing them my way.
If you can, go to Venice! There's no other city in Europe like it. Don't buy into Amsterdam being "Venice of The North", it's not even remotely similar.
Quote from: Florestan on May 07, 2009, 08:36:38 AM
If you can, go to Venice! There's no other city in Europe like it. Don't buy into Amsterdam being "Venice of The North", it's not even remotely similar.
My wife and I traveled there last summer because it was the docking point for our cruise. I liked it, but I don't think I could spend more than one day there.
Quote from: Catison on May 07, 2009, 08:50:45 AM
My wife and I traveled there last summer because it was the docking point for our cruise. I liked it, but I don't think I could spend more than one day there.
:(
Quote from: Florestan on May 07, 2009, 08:36:38 AM
Don't buy into Amsterdam being "Venice of The North", it's not even remotely similar.
Yeah, because the real "Venice of the North" is St. Petersburg. Although some people say it's Stockholm... ???
Quote from: Spitvalve on May 07, 2009, 09:06:39 AM
Yeah, because the real "Venice of the North" is St. Petersburg. Although some people say it's Stockholm... ???
Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam... far cries from the real, one and only Venice! ;D
Though St Petersburg is also called the Palmyra of the North.
Quote from: Florestan on May 07, 2009, 09:09:32 AM
Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam... far cries from the real, one and only Venice! ;D
There's only one Venice, of course.
Still, Petersburg
is "a city of 42 islands, 308 bridges and 100 canals, rivers and straits."
Quote from: Catison on May 07, 2009, 08:23:04 AM
If anyone has some suggestions, swing them my way.
How far is Bruges from your location? You can wander the streets while listening to Korngold's Die tote Stadt. I intend to do just that one day.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 07, 2009, 09:13:02 AM
Though St Petersburg is also called the Palmyra of the North.
By those who haven't been to Palmyra? >:D
Quote from: Wanderer on May 07, 2009, 10:38:06 AM
How far is Bruges from your location?
Yes, I second that.
Bruges la Morte is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Another "Venice of the North", actually. :)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 06, 2009, 06:26:10 PM
Joe, what on earth will you be doing in St-John's Nfld ??
School! (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,12132.0.html) :)
Quote from: Wanderer on May 07, 2009, 10:38:06 AM
By those who haven't been to Palmyra? >:D
By Catherine the Great, anyway 0:)
Quote from: Florestan on May 07, 2009, 10:55:21 AM
Yes, I second that. Bruges la Morte is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Another "Venice of the North", actually. :)
Personally, I've always called Venice
The Bruges of the South
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 07, 2009, 11:58:14 AM
Personally, I've always called Venice The Bruges of the South
Show me the Vivaldi of Bruges and I'll acquiesce. ;D
Bruce and I met in New York....the end of a meal. Bruce is on the left.
(http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/New%20York/th_IMG_8759.jpg)
Link to other New York photos....
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/New%20York/
Bruce has been looking after me, where to eat, where to drink and concerts. Going to Carnegie Hall was striking. We went through the VIP entrance, Bruce knows everyone and we are treated as friends. Our seats could not be bettered. Along the walls towards the auditorium are framed manuscripts, letters and tributes by composers and musicians. There is a page of a Beethoven manuscript, never mind it is part of his most awful composition, 'Wellington's Victory', it is in Beethoven's own hand. A letter by Berlioz, some kind words from Bernstein.
These lead to this spectacular performing space, beautifully decorated and, where I was sitting, comfortable. Our first concert, Bruckner 8th: Haitink and the Chicago band. The wall of sound built up and up, the sound spectacular, stunning and detailed. There cannot be a better orchestra can there? Haitink unrolled the score and I obtained that special Bruckner experience. It is not about music getting loud or soft; rather, sound comes at you across vast space, rolls all over you and like a rushing train off it hurtles into the distance. This is one of Bruckner's special sets of fingerprints and Haitink controls the tempest and the calm using delicate hand gestures. Although he seems infirm when using his walking-stick to come onto the stage and has great difficulty getting onto the podium; his music making is potent.
After the second concert, we went for a late meal, as everywhere, Bruce is greeted warmly and a window table is provided, or a quiet table away from the music, whatever Bruce wants, he is instantly provided with. He has skills I need to learn, though a lot of it is being pleasant and remembering names; not sure I can learn those lessons well enough. On the sidewalk, it is usual that Bruce will encounter someone he knows.
We went to a Gallery for one in a series of rather more cutting edge concerts. The weather was muggy and the place was like a Turkish steam room; but the music was exciting. Excellent musicians brought some very challenging scores to life. In one, scored for five loud instruments, only one line of music exists across the 20 minute piece. The players have written instructions on how to extemporise around the notated score.
I was introduced to many movers and shakers of on the NY new music scene, including the head of composition for Yale. He was having one of his early pieces performed. Somewhat arid, he had explained it was much influenced by Brahms; he had cleverly concealed that within the spare score.
The final evening with Bruce turned into a spectacular bar crawl, starting with a bottle of bubbly at the Algonquin; famous as the haunt of Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and the literary set of the 40s, it is immensely stylish in dark wood with oriental paintings above the panelling. Plush and lush. Next up was a spectacular bar overlooking the street theatre of Times Square. Think of Piccadilly Circus, six times longer, five times higher and commensurately brighter wattage. Looking down from our eighth floor eyre, the rain slashed down again and life imitated art. Other than the flying cars, Bladerunner had arrived. You could even find the same kind of unappetising street food. After that, another bar with a vantage point, again, not easily found. Cocktails were consumed; though not a Manhattan.
Mike
Nice post, Mike. I learned through Facebook that you were with Bruce. Bruce has been raving about Haitink's Bruckner, and your description only makes me salivate more... Looked at your pics, too. What a city!
I can only add that it was great fun having Mike here, and doing all the concerts, restaurants, watering holes and everything else that New York has to offer. (If only the weather hadn't been so soggy, but oh well...)
I hope he (and others) will come back! There's "just a bit" of stuff to do here, to keep one occupied. ;D (IIRC Mike spent about 5 hours, just in the Metropolitan Museum of Art alone!)
--Bruce
Quote from: Florestan on May 07, 2009, 01:12:37 PM
Show me the Vivaldi of Bruges and I'll acquiesce. ;D
http://www.mafestival.be/ (New name for Musica Antiqua)
Still, do try to see Bruges ..without tourists ( early Spring and early Fall are best). Lovers of "Die Tote Stadt" can come in winter. ;D
(http://www.mafestival.be/_UC/moderntimes.gif)
Peter
ps : Antwerp, Ghent, Liège, Brussels, Tournai (Doornik), Tongeren....even when it rains History remains quite pretty in the Low Lands. Northern France is also worth visiting : Lille, Arras, Douai...the Polyphonists thank you in advance!
So near, and yet! . . . pangs of regret that I could not be in NY to greet you, Mike. Though of course (as you have learnt) Bruce is a princely host.
Thanks guys, it was great to meet up with Bruce. The holiday is over, but the jet-lag is still with me. Having dozed off at my desk, I decided to head for home early. Now of course, I feel wide awake having braved the Spring gales here abouts.
Next week; Edinburgh and a few days at a loch. Might meet up with an Edin member, we shall see.
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 08, 2009, 06:05:15 AM
Thanks guys, it was great to meet up with Bruce. The holiday is over, but the jet-lag is still with me. Having dozed off at my desk, I decided to head for home early. Now of course, I feel wide awake having braved the Spring gales here abouts.
Next week; Edinburgh and a few days at a loch. Might meet up with an Edin member, we shall see.
Mike
This is starting to sound like Knight's World Tour. I'll alert Springrite in Beijing.
I am presently engaged in editing the second volume of Mike's travel memoirs, Inching Towards Edinburgh.
Well, later in the year we progress to Finland to again meet Matti. No doubt there will be tales to tell.
Budapest is also on the horizon, but I can't think of anyone from here over there.
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 08, 2009, 06:31:09 AM
No doubt there will be tales to tell.
Photos (great ones, as to be expected) to see from two earlier visits are on Mike's Photobucket account. I was reminded of them viewing the NY photos a minute ago.
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/
Edit: photos from all three visits - you've merged photos from trips one & two, right?
Quote from: Jezetha on May 08, 2009, 06:20:40 AM
This is starting to sound like Knight's World Tour. I'll alert Springrite in Beijing.
I am at the ready! My possible trip to the Netherland is still on for this summer or early autumn. I hope the last few hurdles do not get in the way.
Matti, You are right, conflated. Same with Venice where about five visits are all mixed up.
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 08, 2009, 06:05:15 AM
Next week; Edinburgh and a few days at a loch. Might meet up with an Edin member, we shall see.
Should you still be in Edinburgh after Wednesday - when my (academic) duty calls - I would be very happy to make the face-to-face acquaintance, your schedule permitting. Do let me know. :)
Quote from: knight on May 08, 2009, 06:05:15 AM
Next week; Edinburgh and a few days at a loch. Might meet up with an Edin member, we shall see.
Do that a photo with the monster, or at least of the monster while you are there. I know he/she is not a member of GMG, but still...
Quote from: springrite on May 08, 2009, 08:40:55 AM
Do that a photo with the monster, or at least of the monster while you are there. I know he/she is not a member of GMG, but still...
I wonder if anyone has tried playing/singing
Nessun Dorma at the Loch?
Quote from: Jezetha on May 06, 2009, 12:25:12 PM
Fellow GMG member Catison (Brett) is staying in Delft the coming three months. If all goes according to plan, we'll meet up this coming Saturday!
Oh cool. I wouldn't mind being of the party some other time (if that's OK).
Quote from: pjme on May 07, 2009, 01:59:04 PM
ps : Antwerp, Ghent, Liège, Brussels, Tournai (Doornik), Tongeren....even when it rains History remains quite pretty in the Low Lands. Northern France is also worth visiting : Lille, Arras, Douai...the Polyphonists thank you in advance!
May I add Namur (Namen) and Louvain (Leuven, even with all the damage WWI did to it) to your list of highly enjoyable Belgian historical towns? ;)
Someday, I want to just walk across Belgium . . . .
The best way to travel Belgium is with a train pass. The system is fast, efficient and cheap. When you get down you just start walking until you're tired. Walking in Belgium is an unending discovery trip, whether it's in a city or in the woods and fields.
My best time when I go there is to be dropped off at some carrefour (crossroads) and decide which of the 4 or 5 rural roads before me I'll be taking. Rural Belgium reminds me of those experiments with spiders on LSD. The web is mind boggling in its diversity and potential confusion.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 08, 2009, 10:05:57 AM
Someday, I want to just walk across Belgium . . . .
After that you really should try Russian, and meet all the Sergeiovich's you'd want.
Quote from: Herman on May 08, 2009, 09:49:33 AM
Oh cool. I wouldn't mind being of the party some other time (if that's OK).
You're welcome, Herman. But I'm afraid we'd be talking not only music, but (Dutch) literature too... Which wouldn't be fair on Brett! (Aren't you in Leiden, The Hague?!?)
I was wondering when Leiden would come up! Walk the same streets Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud walked!
Quote from: knight on May 08, 2009, 06:05:15 AM
Thanks guys, it was great to meet up with Bruce. The holiday is over, but the jet-lag is still with me. Having dozed off at my desk, I decided to head for home early. Now of course, I feel wide awake having braved the Spring gales here abouts.
Next week; Edinburgh and a few days at a loch. Might meet up with an Edin member, we shall see.
Mike
I am only 45 miles and 1 hour's journey from Edinburgh, Mike!
I had forgotten about that. I will PM you.
Mike
Although I can't furnish you all with a telling picture, I just want to report I had a great evening with Brett Stewart (Catison). It was non-stop talking from 7 PM till past midnight, interrupted only by pizza, coffee and drink (hot chocolate for me, beer for Brett). An incredible amount of topics was touched, from Star Wars to Seinfeld, the merits of Bernard Herrmann vs. John Williams, Aquinas, G.M. Hopkins, Dutch history, brassbands in Texas, the wondrous world of GMG...
I have offered Brett to show him around Amsterdam, which we probably will do next weekend.
There is a real opportunity here for you, Johan :)
Set yourself up as a tour guide and show people round the lovely cities in your country. GMG members get a discount ;D
Seriously, glad that you had a great time :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 09, 2009, 03:25:20 PM
There is a real opportunity here for you, Johan :)
Set yourself up as a tour guide and show people round the lovely cities in your country. GMG members get a discount ;D
I am brooding on a business model, Colin... ;)
QuoteSeriously, glad that you had a great time :)
Thanks.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 09, 2009, 03:47:10 PM
I am brooding on a business model, Colin... ;)
Thanks.
Oh, I forgot........
return visitors get a 100% discount, of course ;D ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 09, 2009, 03:55:26 PM
Oh, I forgot........return visitors get a 100% discount, of course ;D ;D
I notice my brooding has suddenly stopped.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 09, 2009, 04:05:24 PM
I notice my brooding has suddenly stopped.
.....but-of course-
return visitors will be expected to entertain their guide to a slap-up meal in an excellent Amsterdam restaurant ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 09, 2009, 04:14:53 PM
.....but-of course-return visitors will be expected to entertain their guide to a slap-up meal in an excellent Amsterdam restaurant ;D
I am going to sleep on this. Your excellent suggestion will form the main plank of my business plan...
Quote from: knight on May 08, 2009, 06:05:15 AM
Next week; Edinburgh and a few days at a loch. Might meet up with an Edin member, we shall see.
Mike
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 09, 2009, 01:34:51 PM
I am only 45 miles and 1 hour's journey from Edinburgh, Mike!
Quote from: Renfield on May 08, 2009, 08:31:51 AM
Should you still be in Edinburgh after Wednesday - when my (academic) duty calls - I would be very happy to make the face-to-face acquaintance, your schedule permitting. Do let me know. :)
There seems to be a wee cluster of us up north. Should there be anything group-oriented afoot, it would be nice to meet everyone :). In any case, enjoy your trip,
Mike.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 09, 2009, 02:53:17 PM
Although I can't furnish you all with a telling picture, I just want to report I had a great evening with Brett Stewart (Catison). It was non-stop talking from 7 PM till past midnight, interrupted only by pizza, coffee and drink (hot chocolate for me, beer for Brett). An incredible amount of topics were touched, from Star Wars to Seinfeld, the merits of Bernard Herrmann vs. John Williams, Aquinas, G.M. Hopkins, Dutch history, brassbands in Texas, the wondrous world of GMG...
I have offered Brett to show him around Amsterdam, which we probably will do next weekend.
How very nice! Glad you had such a nice time. Very restrained of you to stick to the 'hot chocolate'. I seem to recall that your abstemious attitude to alcohol had diminished after an evening with me and my family in Leiden ;D
Quote from: vandermolen on May 10, 2009, 06:24:28 AM
How very nice! Glad you had such a nice time. Very restrained of you to stick to the 'hot chocolate'. I seem to recall that your abstemious attitude to alcohol had diminished after an evening with me and my family in Leiden ;D
You have broken your vow of silence! :'(
(I want my bribe money back.)
Quote from: vandermolen on May 10, 2009, 06:24:28 AM
How very nice! Glad you had such a nice time. Very restrained of you to stick to the 'hot chocolate'. I seem to recall that your abstemious attitude to alcohol had diminished after an evening with me and my family in Leiden ;D
Ha, Ha.....Johan's secret is out ;D
Quote from: Jezetha on May 10, 2009, 06:57:20 AM
(I want my bribe money back.)
You should have written a check dated for several months later.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 10, 2009, 06:57:20 AM
(I want my bribe money back.)
Evidently, money well spent. :-)
Just to give an update, I really enjoyed my time last night with Johan. Indeed we did discuss many things, including a short cultural history of the Netherlands and western Europe. In the third hour of our conversation, I had a marvelous introduction to poetry. Johan recited a few Gerard Manley Hopkins poems from memory. I will admit it was the most beautiful recitation of poetry I have heard. Johan was trying his best to open me up to this art for which I haven't had much appreciation.
There was also talk of Brian (of course) and Feldman (of course). Religion, great literature, television programs, movie scores, even a little Vermeer. There were few corners left untouched.
Johan has great diction, and, thinking back, he would excel as a narrator for Peter and the Wolf. Here is a poem Johan recited. As I read it now, I hear his words. So bravo Johan!
THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; 5
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; 10
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
I am touched, Brett. Thank you.
On 5 June I'll be reading from my own work at a literary evening in Amsterdam. Yesterday was excellent practice...
That is the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem set by Sir Arthur Bliss for the 1969 Aldeburgh Festival and scored for mixed chorus and brass choir(three trumpets and four trombones).
Bliss's setting was first performed at Blythburgh Church because it was in that year that the Maltings in Snape-where most of the Aldeburgh Festival performances had been given-was gutted by fire.
The new edition is out of stock, but you can buy a used one here:
http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Choral-Arthur-including-Cantata/dp/B00003XB4Z/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1242017663&sr=1-30
It's not news to GMG members that the world is very small, but it sure was a surprise when my friend, professor of English, specialty poetry, told me last night that Gerard Manley Hopkins's was the object of his last poetry class last Wednesday - he lives in Missouri, USA. Tom gave me the link for the recording. ;D
Quote from: Brünnhilde forever on May 11, 2009, 06:41:23 AM
The new edition is out of stock, but you can buy a used one here:
http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Choral-Arthur-including-Cantata/dp/B00003XB4Z/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1242017663&sr=1-30
It's not news to GMG members that the world is very small, but it sure was a surprise when my friend, professor of English, specialty poetry, told me last night that Gerard Manley Hopkins's was the object of his last poetry class last Wednesday - he lives in Missouri, USA. Tom gave me the link for the recording. ;D
!!!! :)
My admiration is further compounded by my own sloppy try at reciting the poem: it's a tongue twister !!
Sir Arthur Bliss set it to music (I have that Priory disc Lis mentions). He dedicated to "For Peter Pears, who selected these poems for me". Somehow, I was not exactly surprised. I can very well imagine Pears reciting it. His peculiar brand of musical intelligence included tremendous flair for diction and verbal projection. There are two more stanzas. BTW this Bliss disc a splendiferous display of how cathedral music ought to go. A very specialized genre for non anglicans. I think I sent a copy to a member a few years ago. Anyone interested may let me know ;). I bought mine at BRO. It comes back in stock from time to time.
Johan, if I ever meet you I want to hear you recite some Walt Whitman! :D
It is also available on this Lyrita disc-
http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//SRCD225.htm
Quote from: Jezetha on May 10, 2009, 06:57:20 AM
You have broken your vow of silence! :'(
(I want my bribe money back.)
;D
Mike and Bruce,
I live in Palisades Park, New Jersey, a stone's throw from midtown across the Hudson River.
What a pity that I couldn't join you guys on at least one occasion.
:(
Being a furriner, I did not connect New Jersey with New York. On opportunity missed. We even phoned Gurn in Texas for a short pow-wow from our window-side bar with its Times Sq view.
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 16, 2009, 07:15:05 AM
Being a furriner, I did not connect New Jersey with New York.
That isn't expected of
you,
Mike; it's what the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels were built for.
I have just returned from Edinburgh where I had a nice breakfast and an extremely pleasant extended meeting with Knight, Renfield and Novi :)
Not only was our discussion enjoyable it was also extraordinarily informative ;D I learned so much about the wonderful world of GMG and its members from Knight(Mike) but also about the wider world of the net from Renfield(Eugene).
The photograph was taken for us by Mike's wife. Left to right are: Novi, Dundonnell, Renfield and Knight.
Thanks to Mike for his kind hospitality and to everyone for their excellent company :)
Some lively (and lovely) characters there! I am glad to have had the privilege of seeing several GMG members in the flesh, otherwise I would have been slightly envious...
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:02:37 AM
I have just returned from Edinburgh where I had a nice breakfast and an extremely pleasant extended meeting with Knight, Renfield and Novi :)
Great photo of all of you, and such a cozy-looking restaurant, too. :D
--Bruce
I see you've had a haircut since the last photograph. :)
Quote from: opus67 on May 20, 2009, 06:35:49 AM
I see you've had a haircut since the last photograph. :)
How very observant of you and how kind to comment ;D
Yes..I was recalled out of retirement to make a speech at a formal dinner recently so I decided that I had better appear less "going to seed" ;D ;D
Quote from: opus67 on May 20, 2009, 06:35:49 AM
I see you've had a haircut since the last photograph. :)
... and Renfield went to an optician 8)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:40:34 AM
How very observant of you and how kind to comment ;D
Yes..I was recalled out of retirement to make a speech at a formal dinner recently so I decided that I had better appear less "going to seed" ;D ;D
You look like the epitome of a scholar!
--Bruce
Bruce: :-[ :-[ :-[
Johan: There is nothing which escapes the eagle-eyed members of this forum ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:45:51 AM
Bruce: :-[ :-[ :-[
Johan: There is nothing which escapes the eagle-eyed members of this forum ;D
No, no--I mean that in the best way! :D
--Bruce
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:45:51 AM
Johan: There is nothing which escapes the eagle-eyed members of this forum ;D
(Only when
I have my glasses on) ;) 8)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:45:51 AM
Johan: There is nothing which escapes the eagle-eyed members of this forum ;D
Yes, you're lovely, Colin.
Hang on - which Johan were you referring to? ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:02:37 AM
I have just returned from Edinburgh where I had a nice breakfast and an extremely pleasant extended meeting with Knight, Renfield and Novi :)
Not a slight to you three lads but that photo sure is left-heavy in terms of chosen attire.
There's a mobile device on the table . . . .
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 20, 2009, 09:44:08 AM
There's a mobile device on the table . . . .
Perhaps under the table, too...
Well, one learns something new everyday. I didn't realize Novi was female. 0:)
Quote from: bhodges on May 20, 2009, 06:47:22 AM
No, no--I mean that in the best way! :D
--Bruce
And I took it very much in that spirit, Bruce :) Thank you very much :)
Quote from: Jezetha on May 20, 2009, 06:52:50 AM
Yes, you're lovely, Colin.
Hang on - which Johan were you referring to? ;D
Christo, Johan ;D
There are many words that could be used to describe me but "lovely" is
decidedly not one of them ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 20, 2009, 09:50:48 AM
Well, one learns something new everyday. I didn't realize Novi was female. 0:)
And
I didn't realize she was a Scot... the other 3 look like "paint yourself blue" types though... ;D
8)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:02:37 AM
and an extremely pleasant extended meeting with Knight, Renfield and Novi :)
I actually had to scroll back to read again the above quote because I was wondering what those highball classes were doing on the breakfast table. Extension from the breakfast? Late breakfast I assume. :D
Quote from: Jezetha on May 20, 2009, 06:30:02 AM
Some lively (and lovely) characters there! I am glad to have had the privilege of seeing several GMG members in the flesh, otherwise I would have been slightly envious...
I have had the good fortune to meet three fellow GMG members in the flesh ( :)) - and I'm still envious! Looks like a great meeting.
The first time I meet a GMGer face to face, will likely be next winter.......eh Bruce? ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 20, 2009, 06:02:37 AM
Knight, Renfield and Novi :)
Anyone seen the French movie
Amélie? Anyone else reminded of the globetrotting garden gnome, sending photos from most unexpected places, suggesting the rest of us to travel a bit while we are able? :D
Arghh, can't attach photos!
Quote from: vandermolen on May 20, 2009, 02:03:21 PM
I have had the good fortune to meet three fellow GMG members in the flesh ( :)) - and I'm still envious! Looks like a great meeting.
I have only met one GMG member in the flesh and that is my wife. All others are well clothed. ;D
Wait, I did go swimming with one former member and in the locker we did "meet in the flesh".
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on May 20, 2009, 10:11:39 AM
And I didn't realize she was a Scot... the other 3 look like "paint yourself blue" types though... ;D
8)
No...the only two native Scots are Knight(Mike) and myself ;D And-since Mike lives in England and fellow member John has recently moved to England-the only native Scottish member still residing here, as far as I know, is myself.
However....in using the word 'native' I do not want to imply that I would ever consider "painting myself blue" ;D I am a reasonably civilised person-I hope :)-and not at all warlike. Unless, that is, you happen to belong to an invading Roman legion :)
Not like these dudes?
(http://media.ticketmaster.com/en-us/dbimages/32014a.jpg)
Quote from: springrite on May 21, 2009, 09:24:39 AM
I have only met one GMG member in the flesh and that is my wife. All others are well clothed. ;D
Wait, I did go swimming with one former member and in the locker we did "meet in the flesh".
Be honest now ... did you have an affair with M forever?
Quote from: Brian on May 21, 2009, 10:23:42 AM
Be honest now ... did you have an affair with M forever?
Certainly NOT forever.
A one night stand then?
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 21, 2009, 10:19:10 AM
No...the only two native Scots are Knight(Mike) and myself ;D And-since Mike lives in England and fellow member John has recently moved to England-the only native Scottish member still residing here, as far as I know, is myself.
However....in using the word 'native' I do not want to imply that I would ever consider "painting myself blue" ;D I am a reasonably civilised person-I hope :)-and not at all warlike. Unless, that is, you happen to belong to an invading Roman legion :)
Oh, come on, Colin, don't disillusion me. I always pictured you as the "Braveheart" type, and certainly Mike is. :D
"THE PICTS LIVE ON!!!" ;)
8)
----------------
Listening to:
Café Zimmermann - Avison - Concerto No. 6 in D 1st mvmt -Largo
Seriously.....
I would just like to thank this Forum and the people behind it for providing the opportunity to get in touch with people with similar musical interests. I have now met six members of GMG over the past four months and have truly enjoyed their company, hospitality and their conversation. By and large my close friends-who each have their own many virtues :)-do not share my musical tastes or interests.
It has been-and continues to be-a marvellous experience over the past couple of years since I joined GMG conversing online with other people who do have these interests and enthusiasms. Meeting other members face-to-face has enhanced that pleasure immeasurably :)
Plan on coming to Boston, Colin! :)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 21, 2009, 06:28:43 PM
Plan on coming to Boston, Colin! :)
If I return to Boston at any time in the future,
Karl, I shall certainly let you know :)
Our Edinburgh breakfast turned out to provide us with a nice leisurely time to chat. It emphasised to me again that we have some exceptionally bright young folk who post here. We certainly covered a lot of ground; as there were quite a few differing interests around the table. And for once, I had a conversation with folk where we did not end up excoriating the UK MPs and their expenses claims for cleaning moats or building duck islands for their garden ponds. We had other topics to talk about.
I won't post my photo of the event, it is all but identical with Colin's.
Colin made not just an effort by coming from Perth the previous night and turning up for a meal he never normally awake to consume; but our tardiness at the table earned him a parking ticket from the eager-beaver Edinburgh traffic wardens.
I had no idea when I would be back in Edinburgh; then opened an E mail at work this morning telling me I would be on a course in Edinburgh for a week in June! However, I then opened a later E mail, the course will now be in Bristol, 40 miles from me...BOO! Say I
Mike
Jezetha, are your parents from Suriname?
Quote from: Wurstwasser on May 22, 2009, 01:38:26 PM
Jezetha, are your parents from Suriname?
My late father was (b. 1928, d. 2002). My mother is Dutch, born in Amsterdam, very blonde, and very blue-eyed...
If I wear a beard, people sometimes think I'm turkish (I'm not). Which is, under the political correct surface, not something people really love from their hearts, to say the least... When we bought our house in 2002, people thought like "eek, turkish neighbours!!!" :D
Quote from: Wurstwasser on May 23, 2009, 04:16:08 AM
If I wear a beard, people sometimes think I'm turkish (I'm not). Which is, under the political correct surface, not something people really love from their hearts, to say the least... When we bought our house in 2002, people thought like "eek, turkish neighbours!!!" :D
And -
did you devalue your neighbourhood in the end? Or are you always clean-shaven, just to be on the safe side? ;)
HAH! :D
Let me belatedly add what an immense pleasure it was for me as well, to meet Novi (a.k.a. Marcelle, the surprise over her being 'unexpectedly' female I had already gone through earlier ;)), Colin and Mike for a most civilised, and quite extended, breakfast.
I can assure you there was indeed never a dull moment of conversation (unless perhaps when my big mouth was at work): as Mike indicated, we never even got the chance to discuss the trivial, out of the sheer amount of other subjects touched!
(Though with the unfortunate side-effect of Colin's parking ticket, it would seem. ;D)
It's always a joy to meet people as interesting as this; and even more so from within a shared context, like GMG. :)
Yet I admittedly must also express a small degree of guilt over Mike's very charming wife, who visited our conversation table, but likely did not find the subjects under discussion at these moments all that penetrable, to the GMG-outsider!
[Johan: Well spotted! I upgraded to this pair of glasses early this year, giving me a viable alternative to the contact lenses, as my only surviving older pair isn't quite up to scratch in terms of vision-correction, to be worn outside.]
As has been documented before, Brett aka Catison is making a Grand Tour of the Netherlands this spring, and so it happened he and I met in Leiden and spent some time on of Holland's prettiest canals the Rapenburg (at the place with the green shades, Barrera, which used to be my college era haunt)
(http://www.schvey.com/images/Holland%20Pics/De_Rapenburg.jpg)
We talked about how GMG has changed since 2005, and, more pertinently, how we have changed since then, Brett getting married and finding out what a powerful connection love is, and me doing the same becoming a father. We were interrupted by a rock band on a boat giving an encore even though I said "No, no, no!" when the singer asked if people wanted more. I was also intrigued to hear about a 25 minute piece of Karl Henning's specially composed for Brett's wedding. That must have cost a fortune.
Great that Brett has seen Leiden (and you, of course). I am glad you had excellent weather today.
I know Barrera quite well, too. Some of my friends have studied in Leiden and we went there for a drink quite often.
I don't know how Belgium and Holland manage to hide so much of their population ???. Although they have the highest density of people per km2, every town or village seems to inhabit its own space, intact and separate from the rest of the area. You never feel you're part of a crowd. Here we're lucky if we can find 300m of continuous unused land. Its' called étalement urbain (urban spreading) ::).
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 23, 2009, 01:38:36 PM
I don't know how Belgium and Holland manage to hide so much of their population ???. Although they have the highest density of people per km2, every town or village seems to inhabit its own space, intact and separate from the rest of the area. You never feel you're part of a crowd. Here we're lucky if we can find 300m of continuous unused land. Its' called étalement urbain (urban spreading) ::).
Actually, Belgium and Holland are rather different countries, in this respect. The
étalement urbain you mention, is found everywhere in Belgium, but less so in the Netherlands, due to different styles of urban policies since WWII. (But I have to confess you really need so see the Eastern and Northern provinces of The Netherlands to undergo the difference ...). :)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on May 23, 2009, 01:38:36 PM
I don't know how Belgium and Holland manage to hide so much of their population ???.
As for Holland: by building many houses on a limited amount of space. Result: relatively small houses, with small gardens or no garden at all, many apartment buidlings and sky high real estate prices. Building houses is actually forbidden outside of specifically designated areas.
Q
Yes, I had a great time meeting Herman today. I learned more about Dutch culture and about life as a student in Leiden specifically. This time I tried Palm, as part of my grand tour of Belgium beers.
Yes, I have changed quite a bit from early avant-garde touting days on these forums. Now I even love Mozart! Who would have known?
Another thing we both agreed about what the lack of the great, informative posts we so often came across in those early days. (No doubt, I am going to trample on someone's feet by making a remark like that, but GMG and CMG before it, used to have many more longer, well-argued posts than I see lately.)
Johan and I also met once again last weekend, and this time I had my camera. See image below. Now, I had my camera with me in Leiden today, but I totally forgot to take a picture. Next time perhaps?
Quote from: Herman on May 23, 2009, 10:31:50 AM
I was also intrigued to hear about a 25 minute piece of Karl Henning's specially composed for Brett's wedding. That must have cost a fortune.
I have been a little careful to go posting this around, because I never got Karl's permission, but here is a link to the recording of the wedding music. And just to forewarn you, the organist was sweating bullets about playing it, so take that into consideration before judging Dr. Henning himself.
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/btstewart/Music/Henning/
And I assure you Karl was very reasonable with the commission. It was a true wedding gift!
Hm, I look rather stern. But it WAS a very enjoyable meeting!
I don't like photos. >:(
Quote from: Jezetha on May 23, 2009, 01:55:16 PM
Hm, I look rather stern. But it WAS a very enjoyable meeting!
I don't like photos. >:(
You look as though you were wearing a rugby top, Johan....but that would clearly not be the case :)
I don't like photos of me either. Some time ago I had a photo-pass done to access various buildings. The process seemed to be taking some time. I was looking at the camera just idly wondering when they would be ready to take the photo....then without warning, it happened. The result was self revelatory. In merely relaxed mode, I looked either that I was about to announce the death penalty on someone, or had just had it passed on me.
Recently I had it replaced, a more carefully composed set of features appears, to not much better effect. I claim the effects of gravity as against gravitas.
Mike
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 23, 2009, 01:59:45 PM
You look as though you were wearing a rugby top, Johan....but that would clearly not be the case :)
No. Though I would be feared in a scrum.
Quote from: knight on May 23, 2009, 02:01:50 PM
I don't like photos of me either. Some time ago I had a photo-pass done to access various buildings. The process seemed to be taking some time. I was looking at the camera just idly wondering when they would be ready to take the photo....then without warning, it happened. The result was self revelatory. In merely relaxed mode, I looked either that I was about to announce the death penalty on someone, or had just had it passed on me.
Recently I had it replaced, a more carefully composed set of features appears, to not much better effect. I claim the effects of gravity as against gravitas.
;D ;D
Quote from: Jezetha on May 23, 2009, 02:02:24 PM
No. Though I would be feared in a scrum.
;D ;D
Now now, no fibbing...
Quote from: Catison on May 23, 2009, 02:09:01 PM
Now now, no fibbing...
Proof that clothes can lie. No more, no less. 0:)
Perhaps it is part of the Rugby School uniform that has strayed into your wardrobe.
Mike
Quote from: knight on May 23, 2009, 02:31:23 PM
Perhaps it is part of the Rugby School uniform that has strayed into your wardrobe.
As my wardrobe is a very welcoming place, this could certainly have happened.
You nailed it! ;D
I too have been to the Rapenburg in Leiden - a beautiful town. Here is my wife in Leiden last year during the visit which included the famous encounter with the two Johans:
Quote from: vandermolen on May 23, 2009, 02:39:25 PM
I too have been to the Rapenburg in Leiden - a beautiful town. Here is my wife in Leiden last year during the visit which included the famous encounter with the two Johans:
Yes, an historic meeting. The Three Tenors are dead. Long live The Two Johans!
So...when is the First Annual GMG Convention? ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 23, 2009, 03:33:00 PM
So...when is the First Annual GMG Convention? ;D
where is the issue :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 23, 2009, 04:07:02 PM
where is the issue :)
May I suggest Houston, Texas ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 23, 2009, 03:33:00 PM
So...when is the First Annual GMG Convention? ;D
Now, wouldn't
that be fun :D
And who would the keynote speakers be? ;)
Quote from: Catison on May 23, 2009, 01:54:12 PM
I have been a little careful to go posting this around, because I never got Karl's permission . . . .
Oh, was that an issue? Permission granted, with alacrity.
Quote from: Brian on May 23, 2009, 05:55:36 PM
May I suggest Houston, Texas ;D
First come, first serve. Houston it be! ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 23, 2009, 06:05:29 PM
First come, first serve. Houston it be! ;D
In that case I am going to stop shaving immediately, so that Karl and I can have a contest to see who will have the coolest beard. ;D
My goal:
(http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/top%20hat%20lg.JPG)
Quote from: Brian on May 23, 2009, 06:08:46 PM
In that case I am going to stop shaving immediately, so that Karl and I can have a contest to see who will have the coolest beard. ;D
My goal:
(http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/top%20hat%20lg.JPG)
Cool! I'll start working on my J. Brahms' beard. Shouldn't take too long. ;D
I'm more familiar with the eastern (francophone) part of Belgium, where there is also more geographical variety. In Belgium it is still the custom for young couples to either build a house or buy a rundown one they'll take years to renovate. This is the story of all my wife's innumerable neighbours, friends, cousins, acquaintances etc. More often than not those who build will select a nice uphill plot of land overlooking the valley. Every hill is dotted with houses.
I've been a few times to Holland, but not in the northern provinces.
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 23, 2009, 06:20:41 PM
Cool! I'll start working on my J. Brahms' beard. Shouldn't take too long. ;D
I'm modeling my own looks after Antonin Dvorak's looks: the most elegant bird's nest ever to reside on a man's chin.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 23, 2009, 02:49:43 PM
Yes, an historic meeting. The Three Tenors are dead. Long live The Two Johans!
;D
I am pleased to be able to volunteer myself as a 'Keynote Speaker' at the First GMG Conference:
My topic will be: Methods of smuggling CDs into your house past your wife This speech will last several hours as I have devised a whole series of methods over the decades. I developed these tendencies as an adolescent when my preferred method was to creep round to the parent's Earl's Court ground floor flat, through the communal garden, to the partially open window of my bedroom (left open for our cats to get in and out) and then throw the LP that I had just purchased through the window. I would then appear, all innocent looking 0:) at the front door a few moments later. ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 23, 2009, 06:05:29 PM
First come, first serve. Houston it be! ;D
I guess that several parameters could be used for defining the place of the GMG meeting.
One could be Rob's location, as he began the site (but I'm afraid it would be very far away from many posters).
Another would be a middle point among all locations of GMG posters, all members of one country as one location (this could lead to a meeting in Somalia or Ethiopia, quite far away also from many posters).
Another would be a middle point among all locations of GMG posters, with every member counting as one specific location (I ignore the specific density of people posting from Europe or the United States, but in spite of my efforts of moving the meeting place towards Santiago de Chile... ;D ...I'm afraid that the most realistic alternatives would be the Bermudas or the Azores!).
Quote from: Gabriel on May 24, 2009, 03:32:54 AM
I guess that several parameters could be used for defining the place of the GMG meeting.
One could be Rob's location, as he began the site (but I'm afraid it would be very far away from many posters).
Another would be a middle point among all locations of GMG posters, all members of one country as one location (this could lead to a meeting in Somalia or Ethiopia, quite far away also from many posters).
Another would be a middle point among all locations of GMG posters, with every member counting as one specific location (I ignore the specific density of people posting from Europe or the United States, but in spite of my efforts of moving the meeting place towards Santiago de Chile... ;D ...I'm afraid that the most realistic alternatives would be the Bermudas or the Azores!).
Your analysis logically points to one place and one place only:
The Middle Kingdom, aka China. ;D
Personally, I think a city in Europe where a certain (non-Wagnerian as to not causing a nasty split!) music festival is taking place would be a good place. South of France, Prague, The Netherland are all good choices. If we chose the US, I would certainly prefer Aspen or Tanglewood at the right time of year.
Quote from: vandermolen on May 24, 2009, 01:25:15 AM
I am pleased to be able to volunteer myself as a 'Keynote Speaker' at the First GMG Conference:
My topic will be: Methods of smuggling CDs into your house past your wife This speech will last several hours as I have devised a whole series of methods over the decades. I developed these tendencies as an adolescent when my preferred method was to creep round to the parent's Earl's Court ground floor flat, through the communal garden, to the partially open window of my bedroom (left open for our cats to get in and out) and then throw the LP that I had just purchased through the window. I would then appear, all innocent looking 0:) at the front door a few moments later. ;D
I would like to collaborate with you on this one! ;D
Quote from: Gabriel on May 24, 2009, 03:32:54 AM
One could be Rob's location, as he began the site.
It would be the most appropriate, in that sense.
Or.....how about a "Mecca" of classical music, like Bonn, Salzburg, or Vienna? 0:)
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 24, 2009, 06:17:14 AM
Or.....how about a "Mecca" of classical music, like Bonn, Salzburg, or Vienna? 0:)
Splendid idea! ;D
Quote from: springrite on May 24, 2009, 03:43:04 AM
Your analysis logically points to one place and one place only: The Middle Kingdom, aka China. ;D
Well, Paul, it's not a bad idea... But I guess you don't mean some place far away from your own position, like a city near the frontier with Kazakhstan! ;)
Quote from: Gabriel on May 24, 2009, 06:24:07 AM
Well, Paul, it's not a bad idea... But I guess you don't mean some place far away from your own position, like a city near the frontier with Kazakhstan! ;)
Well, we do have a border with Afganistan, albeit a narrow corridor of 100 miles or so.
Why not stage the Convention in Iceland?
Advantages:
Iceland is roughly equidistant for members travelling from the USA and from Europe.
The country desperately needs an influx of foreign visitors given its recent disastrous financial collapse.
Its police force has recent experience of dealing with riots.....and given the membership of GMG and its disputatious nature they might be needed to deal with the possiblity of fights breaking out ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 24, 2009, 06:17:14 AM
It would be the most appropriate, in that sense.
Or.....how about a "Mecca" of classical music, like Bonn, Salzburg, or Vienna? 0:)
Bonn is nice, I've been there. We could all go to the Beethovenhaus and pay our respects to Schumann (both Robert and Clara), Beethoven's and Schopenhauer's respective mothers and Mathilde Wesendonck (Wagner's Muse), who all lie buried in the Old Cemetery...
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 24, 2009, 02:06:56 PM
Why not stage the Convention in Iceland?
Advantages:
Iceland is roughly equidistant for members travelling from the USA and from Europe.
The country desperately needs an influx of foreign visitors given its recent disastrous financial collapse.
Its police force has recent experience of dealing with riots.....and given the membership of GMG and its disputatious nature they might be needed to deal with the possiblity of fights breaking out ;D
You have thought of everything.
Quote from: Herman on May 23, 2009, 10:31:50 AM
. . . I was also intrigued to hear about a 25 minute piece of Karl Henning's specially composed for Brett's wedding.
I can send you a score, if you like,
Herman.
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 24, 2009, 02:06:56 PM
Why not stage the Convention in Iceland?
Advantages:
Iceland is roughly equidistant for members travelling from the USA and from Europe.
The country desperately needs an influx of foreign visitors given its recent disastrous financial collapse.
Its police force has recent experience of dealing with riots.....and given the membership of GMG and its disputatious nature they might be needed to deal with the possiblity of fights breaking out ;D
And for adding even more "atmosphere" to the meeting, we choose a certain date near a solstice. ;)
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 24, 2009, 02:06:56 PM
Why not stage the Convention in Iceland?
Advantages:
Iceland is roughly equidistant for members travelling from the USA and from Europe.
The country desperately needs an influx of foreign visitors given its recent disastrous financial collapse.
Its police force has recent experience of dealing with riots.....and given the membership of GMG and its disputatious nature they might be needed to deal with the possiblity of fights breaking out ;D
Do you suppose CDs are really cheap there now?
Should I check Iceland's online shops? ;D
Quote from: Brian on May 24, 2009, 03:21:02 PM
Do you suppose CDs are really cheap there now?
Should I check Iceland's online shops? ;D
There is at least one cd shop in Reykjavik :) I found it when I was there in July 2007. Unfortunately it seemed to concentrate more on Iceland's very active 'indie music' scene(Bjork and Sigur Ros, for example-actually Sigur Ros have done some nice stuff!). More of that anyway than Jon Leifs ;D
Quote from: Dundonnell on May 24, 2009, 03:26:54 PM
There is at least one cd shop in Reykjavik :) I found it when I was there in July 2007. Unfortunately it seemed to concentrate more on Iceland's very active 'indie music' scene(Bjork and Sigur Ros, for example-actually Sigur Ros have done some nice stuff!). More of that anyway than Jon Leifs ;D
We wouldn't need any music store. We would be delighted enough with the
incidental music composed by our eminent musicians for celebrating the event. ;D
Anyway, I think that allowing all GMG members to visit simultaneously a CD shop would be quite a dangerous suggestion. ;)
Quote from: Gabriel on May 24, 2009, 03:45:37 PM
We wouldn't need any music store. We would be delighted enough with the incidental music composed by our eminent musicians for celebrating the event. ;D
We could commission Karl, Luke & Co. to write some entr'actes for the occasion, but if Rob Newman, Saul D., and M forever decide to come, we could use Grieg's
Entry March of the Trolls :D
One of us should write something, and attribute it to Newman.
To be convincing, it would to be something excruciatingly bad.
Quote from: Gabriel on May 24, 2009, 03:45:37 PM
Anyway, I think that allowing all GMG members to visit simultaneously a CD shop would be quite a dangerous suggestion. ;)
PA announcement:
Attention - There is a violent fight breaking out in aisle S-T-U, there's a Texan and a Manitoban fighting to the death over an Ormandy Shostakovich disc. For your own safety, do not....I repeat...do not interfere! :D
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 24, 2009, 04:33:06 PM
One of us should write something, and attribute it to Newman.
To be convincing, it would to be something excruciatingly bad.
I believe I have the talent to do the job with or without trying. (No one can tell if I tried one way or the other)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 24, 2009, 04:33:06 PM
One of us should write something, and attribute it to Newman.
To be convincing, it would to be something excruciatingly bad.
You wouldn't want that, Karl. A book called the
Newman Conspiracy would be written, exposing you, Luke
et al. as the incompetent composers behind this poor Scottish patsy.
Quote from: Jezetha on May 24, 2009, 10:22:48 PM
You wouldn't want that, Karl. A book called the Newman Conspiracy would be written, exposing you, Luke et al. as the incompetent composers behind this poor Scottish patsy.
Why call this plain truth a "conspiracy", I wonder? ::)
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 24, 2009, 04:44:24 PM
PA announcement: Attention - There is a violent fight breaking out in aisle S-T-U, there's a Texan and a Manitoban fighting to the death over an Ormandy Shostakovich disc. For your own safety, do not....I repeat...do not interfere!
;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on May 24, 2009, 06:15:03 AM
I would like to collaborate with you on this one! ;D
Of course, with pleasure ;D
Just want to let everyone know I had a wonderful time this weekend in Utrecht with Johan (Christo). I cannot believe his hospitality and the excellent tours of the city. And I finally got to ride around The Netherlands on a bike! Not to mention his family was most welcoming.
Anyone going to be in Aachen this weekend?
Quote from: Catison on June 09, 2009, 06:35:29 AM
Just want to let everyone know I had a wonderful time this weekend in Utrecht with Johan (Christo). I cannot believe his hospitality and the excellent tours of the city. And I finally got to ride around The Netherlands on a bike! Not to mention his family was most welcoming.
Anyone going to be in Aachen this weekend?
I hope to be in Utrecht later this year or early next year at the latest. I should also stop by Amsterdam and Gronnigen. Hope the plan works out. I look forward to meeting some of our Dutch contingent then.
Quote from: springrite on June 09, 2009, 06:37:38 AM
I hope to be in Utrecht later this year or early next year at the latest. I should also stop by Amsterdam and Gronnigen. Hope the plan works out. I look forward to meeting some of our Dutch contingent then.
Be most welcome in Utrecht & of course we (e.g. the other Johan and me) can also arrange something for Amsterdam. The GMG family seems to be growing!@
Quote from: springrite on June 09, 2009, 06:37:38 AM
I hope to be in Utrecht later this year or early next year at the latest. I should also stop by Amsterdam and Gronnigen. Hope the plan works out. I look forward to meeting some of our Dutch contingent then.
Yep leave Kimi with me, and you may go to Utrecht. I think I will have more fun!
Quote from: springrite on June 09, 2009, 06:37:38 AM
I hope to be in Utrecht later this year or early next year at the latest. I should also stop by Amsterdam and Groningen. Hope the plan works out. I look forward to meeting some of our Dutch contingent then.
Quote from: Christo on June 09, 2009, 07:29:45 AM
Be most welcome in Utrecht & of course we (e.g. the other Johan and me) can also arrange something for Amsterdam. The GMG family seems to be growing!
Great prospect! Count me in.
Quote from: Harry on June 09, 2009, 07:57:15 AM
Yep leave Kimi with me, and you may go to Utrecht. I think I will have more fun!
You know how to change CDs, Harry, but - can you change nappies?!
Quote from: Jezetha on June 09, 2009, 08:29:27 AM
You know how to change CDs, Harry, but - can you change nappies?!
I guess I should tell Harry ahead of time that the sentence "Holds up to 10kgs" on the nappie wrap refers to the weight of the baby, NOT the weight of the ...
Quote from: Jezetha on June 09, 2009, 08:29:27 AM
You know how to change CDs, Harry, but - can you change nappies?!
There's an ap for that . . . .
Quote from: Jezetha on June 09, 2009, 08:29:27 AM
You know how to change CDs, Harry, but - can you change nappies?!
With the many God children I have, I would say yes.
And not to forget my grand children.
Quote from: springrite on June 09, 2009, 08:32:01 AM
I guess I should tell Harry ahead of time that the sentence "Holds up to 10kgs" on the nappie wrap refers to the weight of the baby, NOT the weight of the ...
Chuckle...... ;D
Quote from: Harry on June 09, 2009, 09:01:15 AM
With the many God children I have, I would say yes.
And not to forget my grand children.
Excellent!
Quote from: Catison on June 09, 2009, 06:35:29 AM
Just want to let everyone know I had a wonderful time this weekend in Utrecht with Johan (Christo). I cannot believe his hospitality and the excellent tours of the city. And I finally got to ride around The Netherlands on a bike! Not to mention his family was most welcoming.
Anyone going to be in Aachen this weekend?
Brett, make sure to spend a few hours visiting the Dom and its Treasury. The Dom is made up of Charlemagne's (Charles the Great's) cathedral (9th century) and has been augmented by various buildings in the following centuries. It is a totally different concept from the gigantic gothic naves. Charlemagne's remains, throne, crown and sceptre and much more can be viewed in the Treasury (Domschatz). Aachen (Aix-la-chapelle) was Charlemagne's capital city, from which he governed a good third of Europe. It was already a thousand years old at the time (around 800 AD).
When Charles was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III, he was infuriated by the Pope's last minute change in the ceremonial, the better to push his pretention that "the Pope makes the Emperor". One thousand years later, when Naploeon was crowned Emperor, he took the crown from the Pope and put it himself on his head - to affirm
his pretension that the Pope deferred to the Emperor!
The Aachener Dom:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Aachen_Cathedral_North_View_at_Evening.jpg)
Charlemagne's original cathedral was built 1200 years ago. It's the central part, with the ogival dome. It has been 'satellized' by various churches built by later emperors. the whole thing is a curious match of roman-byzantine and gothic architecture.
I bought a nice 'Domwatch' in the Dom store. Unfortunately their music realizations were not much enticing (I bought great organ music discs at Stasbourg and Laon, France). Make sure also to buy
printen, the local specialty (a sort of gingerbread). There are dozens of printen boutiques in Aachen. And if you have enough time, take a sidetrip to Monschau, a wonderful medieval city some 40 km from Aachen. Monschauers insist
their printen are the only real ones!! Personally I found Aachen stores more commercial but there's no denying they have more varieties.
Monschau:
(http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/84709/copie-de-0626-m-28--2copie.jpg) (http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/16887/al--monschau-001.jpg)
Charlemagne's coronation:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Sacre_de_Charlemagne.jpg)
Napoleon's coronation: after having crowned himself with laurels, he proceeds to crown Josephine as his Empress. Pope Pius VII (#13 in the caption) is reduced to a cameo role
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Jacques-Louis_David_Sacre.jpg)
Sorry for the huge size, but I have no idea how to resize them :-\ . Rightclick on 'view picture' for an ensemble view. They are all stock photos. I have plenty , many quite good, but I have no clue how to post them :-\ :-[ :'( Hope this looks OK to you, Que. :)
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on June 09, 2009, 04:42:29 PM
Brett, make sure to spend a few hours visiting the Dom and its Treasury. The Dom is made up of Charlemagne's (Charles the Great's) cathedral (9th century) and has been augmented by various buildings in the following centuries.
I totally agree. But have to add, that the advice is particularly apt since Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle was for the most part destroyed by Allied bombardments and the rest of the old town is rather "dead" nowadays - as are indeed most German cities, for the same reason. In short: there's not so much else you can do in Aachen, except for visiting a fine beer cellar of course. ;)
True, Aachen was a nevralgic place. It's minutes away from Belgium and Holland. The tripartite border lies on the city's outskirts. But the Rathaus (City Hall), Charlemagne Tower and portions of his imperial palace have been spared. As was the Dom of coure. It's on the Unesco Heritagew List. Everything is within walking distance. Other than that, the city has lees to offer than neighbouring Maastricht and Liège.
Johans, check. Trappist beer, check. CDs, check. Fanta?, check. Waitress being hit on in the background, check. Wonderful evening, check.
What kind of music am I listening to?, Czech (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.msg325573.html#msg325573)!
Quote from: Catison on June 27, 2009, 06:59:10 AM
Johans, check. Trappist beer, check. CDs, check. Fanta?, check. Waitress being hit on in the background, check. Wonderful evening, check.
What kind of music am I listening to?, Czech (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,9.msg325573.html#msg325573)!
I recall a hot summer evening on the Beestenmarkt (Cattle Market) in the old town of Delft, the other Johan's home town. Beers were Belgian, music discussed was often Czech, life felt blissful... 0:)
In short: one of those GMG forum members meetings. 8)
Quote from: Catison on June 27, 2009, 06:59:10 AM
Johans, check. Trappist beer, check. CDs, check. Fanta?, check. Waitress being hit on in the background, check. Wonderful evening, check.
Quote from: Christo on June 27, 2009, 01:37:05 PM
I recall a hot summer evening on the Beestenmarkt (Cattle Market) in the old town of Delft, the other Johan's home town. Beers were Belgian, music discussed was often Czech, life felt blissful... 0:)
In short: one of those GMG forum members meetings. 8)
Nothing to add (though I did imbibe Fanta...), except that today Dunya (my daughter) and I went to a Swedish 'Midsommar' feast just opposite from where Brett has been living for the past two months. Almost there, I was thinking of him, and who should I see crossing the bridge? Yes, the man himself.
Well, Susan & I just returned from a 5-night vacation in New York City - went for some museum visits, concert @ Carnegie Hall, Broadway musical (Billy Elliot), and some of the BEST FOOD on the planet (would like to 'report' in the eating thread but don't know if my fingers would hold up to all of the typing needed - so much good eating!) :D
But, the personal pleasure of the trip for both of us was meeting Bruce Hodges - we spent a couple of hours chatting over drinks & snacks in the lobby bar in our hotel - we all had just a delightful time, and I believe all would agree that another couple of hours would have been easily enjoyed!
Below are a couple of pics just to 'prove' the meeting - I did try to 'crop out' the wine glasses, and admit that Bruce & I did share a couple of glasses of Sauvignon Blanc - ;D
We've visited the BIG APPLE often but not as much in recent years - have really missed the experience and hope to return soon, and would love to see Bruce again - :)
(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/686153041_5wCjp-M.jpg)
(http://giradman.smugmug.com/photos/686153025_MF6rL-O.jpg)
Cool! :)
Dave, Susan and Bruce! :) Great to hear. I'm envious of the meeting.
I love hearing these types of stories. 0:)
Thanks for posting, Dave!
Thanks, Dave! :D I had a great time with you all as well! You two certainly crammed in a huge amount of sightseeing--not to mention FOOD, and a few concerts, too. (I'm still envious that you got to hear the Takács Quartet, but oh well...just too much to do here on any given night, and I had already committed to go to the Xenakis show, which was terrific.) Anyway, it was a super evening, and I hope we can do it again sometime. You have to come back more often; think of all the great music you're MISSING. >:D
And as I mentioned the other night, how cool is the Internet, making all this possible? 8)
--Bruce
I'm going to be in Frankfurt for pretty much the entire month of December, if anyone around there is interested in meeting.
Quote from: bhodges on October 19, 2009, 02:11:20 PM
Thanks, Dave! :D I had a great time with you all as well! You two certainly crammed in a huge amount of sightseeing--not to mention FOOD, and a few concerts, too. (I'm still envious that you got to hear the Takács Quartet, but oh well...just too much to do here on any given night, and I had already committed to go to the Xenakis show, which was terrific.) Anyway, it was a super evening, and I hope we can do it again sometime. You have to come back more often; think of all the great music you're MISSING. >:D
And as I mentioned the other night, how cool is the Internet, making all this possible? 8)
--Bruce
Sforzando also had lunch with bhodges a couple of weeks ago.
Perhaps it's time Sforzando came back to Boston for a visit?
It's about time I posted in this thread! I also recently went on a trip to NYC, and I had the great pleasure of breakfast with Bruce at...I forget the resaurant name! It was such a nice diversion to just sit and talk about life and music in the midst of my busy trip schedule. Good company and good eat!
Did you ever find a Japanese translator, Bruce??
Sonicman is correct: the food everywhere is SO good!
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6929_299391955071_545315071_9324083_7638433_n.jpg)
:)
Great photos, which made me nostalgic for my trip to Leiden, where I had the pleasure of meeting the famous two Johans.
Joe that pic looks like Father and Son. ;D
Forum members I've met face-to-face:
Szykniej
Drogulus
Karl Henning
That was awhile back, where I live now, the geographically closest gmg poster is most likely the well tempered Gurnatron, and then Brian after that. Haven't met either one though. :)
Sorry I missed Joe's visit, too!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 19, 2009, 04:08:53 PM
Perhaps it's time Sforzando came back to Boston for a visit?
He'd be delighted to, but not with one of your fricking cold Boston winters coming up. Perhaps in the spring, or perhaps we could even meet midway (New Haven?) so Sforzando doesn't have so far to drive.
Quote from: SonicMan on October 19, 2009, 01:36:03 PM
But, the personal pleasure of the trip for both of us was meeting Bruce Hodges - we spent a couple of hours chatting over drinks & snacks in the lobby bar in our hotel - we all had just a delightful time, and I believe all would agree that another couple of hours would have been easily enjoyed!
Below are a couple of pics just to 'prove' the meeting - I did try to 'crop out' the wine glasses, and admit that Bruce & I did share a couple of glasses of Sauvignon Blanc - ;D
We've visited the BIG APPLE often but not as much in recent years - have really missed the experience and hope to return soon, and would love to see Bruce again - :)
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on October 19, 2009, 06:58:44 PM
It's about time I posted in this thread! I also recently went on a trip to NYC, and I had the great pleasure of breakfast with Bruce at...I forget the resaurant name! It was such a nice diversion to just sit and talk about life and music in the midst of my busy trip schedule. Good company and good eat!
Some great pics!!
Quote from: vandermolen on October 19, 2009, 11:48:33 PM
Great photos, which made me nostalgic for my trip to Leiden, where I had the pleasure of meeting the famous two Johans.
Yes, an epic encounter.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 20, 2009, 04:06:00 AM
He'd be delighted to, but not with one of your fricking cold Boston winters coming up. Perhaps in the spring, or perhaps we could even meet midway (New Haven?) so Sforzando doesn't have so far to drive.
The
Passion is going to be sung in Fall River in March . . . .
Anyone here in Chicago (where I will be moving in spring)?
Quote from: corey on October 20, 2009, 06:51:41 AM
Anyone here in Chicago (where I will be moving in spring)?
I live in the Chicago area. But due to the job situation it's not quite 100% certain that I will still be here in the spring.
Quote from: corey on October 20, 2009, 06:51:41 AM
Anyone here in Chicago (where I will be moving in spring)?
No. ;D
I swear I don't want to meet for "coffee". :D
Quote from: bhodges on October 19, 2009, 02:11:20 PM
Thanks, Dave! :D I had a great time with you all as well! You two certainly crammed in a huge amount of sightseeing--not to mention FOOD, and a few concerts, too. (I'm still envious that you got to hear the Takács Quartet, but oh well...just too much to do here on any given night, and I had already committed to go to the Xenakis show, which was terrific.) Anyway, it was a super evening, and I hope we can do it again sometime. You have to come back more often; think of all the great music you're MISSING. >:D
And as I mentioned the other night, how cool is the Internet, making all this possible? 8)
--Bruce
Yes, meeting you was really fun!
After trying to cross a few NY streets, I started talking like Ratso Rizzo in
Midnight Cowboy: "Hey, I'm walkin' here, I'm walkin' here!"
We're now back in NC: verdant, low stress, and no decent restaurants.
Quote from: Joe_Campbell on October 19, 2009, 06:58:44 PM
Did you ever find a Japanese translator, Bruce??
As it turned out, I didn't need one; a Columbia composition student, fluent in Japanese, helped us out. ;D
Quote from: Sforzando on October 19, 2009, 04:07:08 PM
Sforzando also had lunch with bhodges a couple of weeks ago.
Enjoyed it very much, but... (Will try to find some better Chinese food for future lunches. :-[)
Quote from: Harpo on October 20, 2009, 08:19:51 AM
We're now back in NC: verdant, low stress, and no decent restaurants.
Like hearing about the first two; SO sorry about that last one! :'(
--Bruce
Quote from: O Mensch on October 20, 2009, 07:29:55 AM
I live in the Chicago area. But due to the job situation it's not quite 100% certain that I will still be here in the spring.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that.
If anyone is ever in the Nashville area, let me know if you want to get together.
It looks like Bruce is at the centre of quite a social circle. We will have to start to get him to organise our social diaries.
Not too many folk here drop by Gloucestershire.
Mike
If anyone has a fetish for taking trips to extremely cold climates (other than Papageno), then give me a shout when you get here! ;D
Quote from: DavidW on October 20, 2009, 03:29:28 AM
That was awhile back, where I live now, the geographically closest gmg poster is most likely the well tempered Gurnatron, and then Brian after that. Haven't met either one though. :)
I think one of my goals for my last semester of college should be to convince Gurn to come visit. ;D Maybe if he knew that Rice piano instructor Brian Connelly is playing Beethoven's Op. 111 on an 1825 Graf this Sunday at 4pm, he'd come visit!! ;D
Quote from: Brahmsian on October 20, 2009, 09:33:16 AM
If anyone has a fetish for taking trips to extremely cold climates (other than Papageno), then give me a shout when you get here! ;D
Won't be so bad if Mamageno keeps him in check 8)
Quote from: Brian on October 20, 2009, 09:37:57 AM
I think one of my goals for my last semester of college should be to convince Gurn to come visit. ;D Maybe if he knew that Rice piano instructor Brian Connelly is playing Beethoven's Op. 111 on an 1825 Graf this Sunday at 4pm, he'd come visit!! ;D
We could have a gmg meetup, there are other posters in our area too. :)
Quote from: DavidW on October 20, 2009, 10:10:12 AM
We could have a gmg meetup, there are other posters in our area too. :)
Here's one that might tempt the Gurnatron out of his hideout. 8)
Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:00pm
Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University
$25 entry, $15 for seniors or students
Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Basset-horn, Viola, and Cello
Wolfgang Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Lorenzo Coppola (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0uDCLb0RIc) returns with his achingly expressive period clarinets...With a rarely- heard gem: a Trio by Haydn featuring the unusual period basset-horn.
Musicians: Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet and basset-horn; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Maria Lambros, viola; Sergiu Luca, violin; Cristian Macelaru, violin.
Performed on period wind and string instruments
After dinner there is a free performance of Tchaikovsky's Polish Symphony, but it's by an orchestra of the kids who aren't good enough to be music students. ;D
[off-topic] Love how low that Stadler replica goes. Simply wonderful! Thanks for posting that, Brian. [/off-topic]
Quote from: knight on October 20, 2009, 09:30:35 AM
Not too many folk here drop by Gloucestershire.
Mike
what time for tea ? ;D
I see you all face-to-face when I peek through your windows at night.
I don't see you outside my window!
Come play with meee...
Quote from: opus106 on October 20, 2009, 10:54:13 AM
I don't see you outside my window!
Come play with meee...
:D
Oh, I'm there...waiting...
Quote from: opus106 on October 20, 2009, 10:44:38 AM
[off-topic] Love how low that Stadler replica goes. Simply wonderful! Thanks for posting that, Brian. [/off-topic]
I love how the instrument looks like a golf club ... ;)
Quote from: MN Dave on October 20, 2009, 10:52:28 AM
I see you all face-to-face when I peek through your windows at night.
You must have one heck of a ladder.
Quote from: MN Dave on October 20, 2009, 10:55:13 AM
:D
Oh, I'm there...waiting...
I'll watch out for a skull with super-star smile and wearing a bird's leg for a hat, then.
Quote from: opus106 on October 20, 2009, 10:57:52 AM
I'll watch out for a skull with super-star smile and a bird's leg for a hat, then.
or a rodent... on fridays.... 8)
Quote from: papy on October 20, 2009, 10:59:49 AM
or a rodent... on fridays.... 8)
The rodent population has decreased of late, but I'll have an eye on that, as well. ;)
Quote from: opus106 on October 20, 2009, 10:57:52 AM
I'll watch out for a skull with super-star smile and wearing a bird's leg for a hat, then.
http://www.inkenstein.com/DarkJester.jpg
Quote from: MN Dave on October 20, 2009, 11:03:01 AM
http://www.inkenstein.com/DarkJester.jpg
Oh. Okay, skull with some skin still left. Hat: headless baby octopus, fancily coloured, with tiny skull ornaments at the tips.
I still like to think it's a bird's leg, though. :D
Quote from: Brian on October 20, 2009, 10:27:05 AM
Lorenzo Coppola (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0uDCLb0RIc) returns with his achingly expressive period clarinets...
That's one could break either way 8)
We have plans to go back to Europe next Summer (the usual place). If it materializes, I 'll be 45 minutes away from Maastricht or Aachen, an hour from Cologne, 3 hours from Amsterdam 8).
Quote from: Brian on October 20, 2009, 10:27:05 AM
Here's one that might tempt the Gurnatron out of his hideout. 8)
Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:00pm
Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University
$25 entry, $15 for seniors or students
Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Basset-horn, Viola, and Cello
Wolfgang Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Lorenzo Coppola (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0uDCLb0RIc) returns with his achingly expressive period clarinets...With a rarely- heard gem: a Trio by Haydn featuring the unusual period basset-horn.
Musicians: Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet and basset-horn; Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello; Maria Lambros, viola; Sergiu Luca, violin; Cristian Macelaru, violin.
Performed on period wind and string instruments
After dinner there is a free performance of Tchaikovsky's Polish Symphony, but it's by an orchestra of the kids who aren't good enough to be music students. ;D
Love the period clarinet YouTube clip. (C'mon, Karl, you
know you want one!) Great to hear the low notes that usually get chopped off! Looks like a great program. And, wow, a Haydn trio with basset horn! I didn't know there was one, and I
look for basset horn music! (I have to--the poor basset horn only gets to come out of the closet occasionally for the Gran Partita and a little Mendelssohn concert piece or two.) Too bad Rice is not exactly driving distance from Maryland. . .
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 20, 2009, 04:36:31 PM
We have plans to go back to Europe next Summer (the usual place). If it materializes, I 'll be 45 minutes away from Maastricht or Aachen, an hour from Cologne, 3 hours from Amsterdam 8).
Sounds interesting, André... Keep us posted!
I wonder if anyone is coming to the EXPO in Shanghai next year. If so, do make a detour to Beijing. I have tea and music at the ready. And of course, there is that wall a few miles away, and a tiny little compound with 9,999 rooms that used to be forbidden.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 20, 2009, 04:34:41 AM
The Passion is going to be sung in Fall River in March . . . .
I think that's an hour closer to me than Boston.
Quote from: Jezetha on October 22, 2009, 03:24:40 AM
Sounds interesting, André... Keep us posted!
I sure will. Another trip is planned next week: Holguin, Cuba 8). Anyone plans to visit Fidelland next week?
And, *maybe*, a NYC trip next Spring.
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on October 23, 2009, 03:26:46 PM
And, *maybe*, a NYC trip next Spring.
If that materializes,
mon cher, I shall certainly head to New York to meet with you again!
Bruce will be on board, I trow.
Quote from: Sforzando on October 23, 2009, 07:37:02 AM
I think that's an hour closer to me than Boston.
Yes; the dates are 19 & 21 March.
Save the date.
I had the pleasure of meeting Bill, aka Bogey, in Denver a few days ago. I was in Denver for a conference. (I am leaving tomorrow morning). Bill is a wonderful person and he treated me to a delicious Mexican dinner. We had wonderful conversations and found a lot in common. I would certainly look forward to hosting him and his family in Beijing, and meeting him again, next time with the family, in Denver.
Next year's conference will be in Baltimore. I would more than likely add a few days to the end of the trip so I can visit NY and Boston, possibly Chicago as well so I can meet more GMG'ers. I heard rumors that there are more concerts to go to in those cities than in Denver.
The closest GMG members to me are probably Jeffrey Smith, SonicMan, and Greg. If I'm ever up in Boston, I'll definitely stop by to see Karl Henning. Brian lives in TX and wouldn't mind meeting him since we're into some of the same composers. Gurn lives in TX as well. We could all schedule a meeting. That would be funny. I could picture the meeting now:
Gurn: I really like this Haydn work...
Brian: Dvorak's 8th is sublime...
Me: Did you know Koechlin wanted to be an astronomer?
:) Yeah, this meeting would be three different people on three completely different pages. Haha....
Quote from: toucan on October 29, 2011, 10:37:58 PM
When you find out I live in Texas too, you'll want to cancel that meeting, lol...
Fortunately, it is big state like TX and not R.I.
...or is Texas still not big enough? :o
Quote from: toucan on October 29, 2011, 10:57:22 PM
If Karl Henning intends to attend the Dutilleux Concert next February he may wish Severance Hall is bigger than Texas:
Cuz I may recognize him but he wont recognize me... 8)
As a psychologist and a friend of Karl, I will provide him (and others) with a psychological profile.
I once had a really nice chat to Karl on the phone. I don't know if that counts? Maybe half a point? If I add to that a couple of mail exchanges between us, it ought to get me nearly up to a full point, don't you think? (If there's any justice in the point system, that is.)
Quote from: toucan on October 29, 2011, 10:57:22 PM
Cuz I may recognize him but he wont recognize me... 8)
Heh...a beak as bright and yellow as yours will be unmistakable. Why do you think otherwise?
Quote from: springrite on October 29, 2011, 09:17:10 PM
I had the pleasure of meeting Bill, aka Bogey, in Denver a few days ago. I was in Denver for a conference. (I am leaving tomorrow morning). Bill is a wonderful person and he treated me to a delicious Mexican dinner. We had wonderful conversations and found a lot in common. I would certainly look forward to hosting him and his family in Beijing, and meeting him again, next time with the family, in Denver.
This all harmonizes with the tenor of the meeting Bill & I had this summer past (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2112.msg542812.html#msg542812). (Well, it was not a Mexican dinner . . . but in all things else.)
The closest member to me geographically (as well as in my heart :D) is MN Dave.
I'm sure he's only about a 6 hour drive (at most away). One day Dave, we ought to meet 1/2 half way somewhere for coffee? :)
I'm still hoping for a visit from Paul (Springrite) or Brewski in Winnipeg, since they both have ties or connections to the 'Peg.
If there is one member I was I could meet one day more than any other, it would be Opus106 (Navneeth), although he is one of the furthest away from me, geographically. The reason being, is we discovered and explored classical music at the very same time, and both joined our first music forum back in early 2006 (Beethoven.com). So, we have that kinship with one another.
That being said, I'd welcome anyone to Winnipeg and it would be wonderful to meet another GMGer in the flesh! (with clothes on to cover the flesh as a requirement)! :D
Quite an honour, Ray. Some day, perhaps. :)
A wonderful visit with Paul. As Karl knows, my wife and he chatted more than I had a chance, but she always asks better questions and is a far superior listener than I am. We hope to meet Paul again, possibly in China....that would be exceptional. Then Linda can sit and listen and I hopefully can hear the same stories that Paul shared with me once more. :)
(I will post a pic once I have learned how to download the pics.)
Quote from: toucan on October 29, 2011, 10:37:58 PM
When you find out I live in Texas too, you'll want to cancel that meeting, lol...
Nonsense, toucan. I'm always up to meeting new, interesting people.
Quote from: Opus106 on October 30, 2011, 07:34:10 AM
Quite an honour, Ray. Some day, perhaps. :)
Yes indeed, someday perhaps! :)
<-------- if you ever meet up with me, just make sure to bring plenty of bananas.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 30, 2011, 07:55:24 AM
<-------- if you ever meet up with me, just make sure to bring plenty of bananas.
Move along, move along, nothing to see here folks. Do not feed the monkey.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 30, 2011, 07:55:24 AM
<-------- if you ever meet up with me, just make sure to bring plenty of bananas.
The monkey can play mandolin? That's what I'm learning now...
Anyone visiting Chicago can expect a cup of tea and good conversation. :)
Quote from: Greg on October 30, 2011, 08:18:43 AM
The monkey can play mandolin? That's what I'm learning now...
I'm trying. I love the mandolin, and this here was a Christmas gift. I took guitar lessons years ago so I'm hoping some of that will relate.
Maybe 2-3 years, you and I can perform Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins, what do you think? 8)
Quote from: Coco on October 30, 2011, 08:40:47 AM
Anyone visiting Chicago can expect a cup of tea and good conversation. :)
I need to get there this year, my brother is in Chicago and it's been 4 years since I've been.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 30, 2011, 08:58:44 AM
I'm trying. I love the mandolin, and this here was a Christmas gift. I took guitar lessons years ago so I'm hoping some of that will relate.
Maybe 2-3 years, you and I can perform Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins, what do you think? 8)
Sounds like a plan! :D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 30, 2011, 07:55:24 AM
<-------- if you ever meet up with me, just make sure to bring plenty of bananas.
Sock bananas, to be sure.
Quote from: Elgarian on October 30, 2011, 03:01:24 AM
I once had a really nice chat to Karl on the phone. I don't know if that counts? Maybe half a point? If I add to that a couple of mail exchanges between us, it ought to get me nearly up to a full point, don't you think? (If there's any justice in the point system, that is.)
I think it counts.
Quote from: toucan on October 31, 2011, 06:01:50 AM
God, if we keep this up Texas will supplant Chicago, Cleveland & Boston as National capital of Classical Music and the rednecks will feel like strangers in their own state... ;)
I did witness a crowd during a Dallas SO concert erupt in applause right after the climax in the middle of movement I of Mahler's 2nd Symphony....Litton had to keep the orchestra sustained while waving off the applause with his non-baton hand, ambidextrous conductor?
I would hate to ruin my relationship with someone by meeting them face to face. ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 31, 2011, 06:30:41 AM
I would hate to ruin my relationship with someone by meeting them face to face. ;D
We'd do all right, even if we do bring our scales in hand for the instantaneous weigh-off . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on October 31, 2011, 06:32:38 AM
We'd do all right, even if we do bring our scales in hand for the instantaneous weigh-off . . . .
I weigh myself in my undies. ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 31, 2011, 06:33:58 AM
I weigh myself in my undies. ;D
Well, but it's understood that I shan't weigh myself in your undies; and we can be positioned back to back.
This can still be done quite properly, without any need to be banned in Boston . . . .
:D
Quote from: toucan on October 31, 2011, 07:14:29 AM
Applause in between and even during movements has become endemic throught the world, including New York, London, Paris and Berlin.
We must keep in mind that this was actually the norm during Classical and Early Romantic times (and also that the programs back then were, by contemporary standards, fanciful in the extreme). It is only the Middle and Late Romanticism with their art-as-religion-and-artist-as-priest mistique that brought about and imposed the modern-style concert in which stiff and motionless people gaze in awe at the misteries taking place on the altar-stage... ;)
Quote from: Florestan on October 31, 2011, 07:29:27 AM
the modern-style concert in which stiff and motionless people gaze in awe at the misteries taking place on the altar-stage... ;)
That gets me every time I watch videos of concerts which take place at lavish halls or large cathedrals: the people in the first row, the most visible, don't even appear to tap their feet -- even when the music is unprofoundly* earthly. :D
*Firefox flags that as a non-word. In fact, it flags its own name as such!
Why, I have seen a toe tap even in Symphony Hall on occasion.
Quote from: toucan on October 31, 2011, 06:01:50 AM
God, if we keep this up Texas will supplant Chicago, Cleveland & Boston as National capital of Classical Music and the rednecks will feel like strangers in their own state... ;)
:P
We have plenty of rednecks in Georgia too. I don't think I've ever met a Texas redneck.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 31, 2011, 08:04:26 AM
We have plenty of rednecks in Georgia too.
I don't believe I met any, face-to-face . . . but I am given to understand that they're there, somewhere.
Better a redneck than a red.
*runs away*
Quote from: karlhenning on October 31, 2011, 08:10:37 AM
I don't believe I met any, face-to-face . . . but I am given to understand that they're there, somewhere.
Yes, they're here, especially when start going to the smaller towns, especially in south GA.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TdS9F6-hxSA/TbgCUEYeutI/AAAAAAAAAKw/qJZeNir46KE/s1600/Walker-Texas-Ranger.jpg)
"Somebody say, Rednecks? More like Red-faces when I'm done with them." - Walker (probably not but could possibly be a direct quote from Walker)
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 31, 2011, 08:04:26 AM
:P
We have plenty of rednecks in Georgia too. I don't think I've ever met a Texas redneck.
I imagine it would be a near thing between GA and TX; neck and neck, you might say. 0:)
8)
It's official: Cato and I have met, and more than once!
When is the annual GMG Convention? ;D
Could be Boston next October (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg579194.html#msg579194) . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on October 31, 2011, 08:10:37 AM
I don't believe I met any, face-to-face . . . but I am given to understand that they're there, somewhere.
I interact with about 30-50 a day. Yay... ::)
Quote from: karlhenning on November 23, 2011, 07:12:31 PM
It's official: Cato and I have met, and more than once!
Yes!
Karl is somewhat taller than I thought. For some reason, I had pictured him around 5' 8" or so, but he is closer to 6' even. (I am 6' 3", but will probably start shrinking as age 70 approaches. I intend on resisting that! (Shrinking, that is! Resisting the onslaught of 70 is futile!) )
I've met David Ross...a very nice person. (And his son is a very fine classical guitarist.)
Quote from: Toccata&Fugue on November 24, 2011, 10:21:12 AM
I've met David Ross...a very nice person. (And his son is a very fine classical guitarist.)
There's a couple of folks I must make a point of meeting.
Quote from: karlhenning on November 25, 2011, 09:27:34 AM
There's a couple of folks I must make a point of meeting.
---------->ChamberNut
8)
Aye!
Quote from: toucan on October 31, 2011, 07:14:29 AM
Applause in between and even during movements has become endemic throught the world, including New York, London, Paris and Berlin.
This is your own experience, in these places?
I havenever heard applause during the music, and maybe once or twice the inevitable applause after the scherzo in Tchaikovsky 6, but that's all.
QuoteI've also noted people who come to Concert Halls to do as others do in museums, i.e., harass music lovers (as they harass art lovers in the Museums), not enjoy the music:
in what way do people go to museums to harass art lovers?
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So far I've met Bruce (a few times) and sforzando (in the Juilliard Music Store on the way to the Ligeti concert).
Brian -- it turns out that we'll be meeting at Mahler 6 w/NYPhil next month! Bruce mentioned to me that you'll be traveling for the Saturday performance which is the one my friend and I were planning on going to. See you there!
Quote from: EigenUser on January 10, 2016, 10:41:35 AM
So far I've met Bruce (a few times) and sforzando (in the Juilliard Music Store on the way to the Ligeti concert).
Brian -- it turns out that we'll be meeting at Mahler 6 w/NYPhil next month! Bruce mentioned to me that you'll be traveling for the Saturday performance which is the one my friend and I were planning on going to. See you there!
Oddly enough, I distinctly remember meeting EigenUser and Bruce in the Juilliard store on the way to the Messiaen-Ligeti-George Benjamin concert too. It was a completely accidental unplanned encounter, as I had time to kill, stopped in the store, and EU was looking through all the overpriced scores finding something to buy.
Looking back on my many years (perhaps 20 at this point) of posting to classical music boards, I have somehow managed to meet many users face-to-face. This may well be because sooner or later a lot of people find themselves gravitating to New York for a visit. But I've also hooked up with several users on my own travels, a number of whom have remained close friends.
I can't remember all the people I've met, and some have stopped participating on music boards of any type. (I don't think because of me, but ya never know.) Of the people most active here, I've met Bruce Hodges quite a few times, and Karl Henning as well (both in Boston and NY). Scott Spires too, who I think now calls himself Archaic Torso of something or other, and Joe Barron.
Other names may not be as familiar to the newer posters here, but veterans will surely remember the great late Ralph Stein, law professor and bon vivant extraordinaire. Ralph always bought two subscriptions to the NY Philharmonic and invited guests to each concert, so I met him this way many times. I would pay for dinner and Ralph for the performance. I visited Ralph in the hospital after his heart attack, but just a year or two later he passed away from complications of diabetes. I still miss him.
Some more names: Steve Molino, with whom I still e-mail frequently. On a few occasions he, Ralph, Barry Zuckerman, and I got together at fine NY restaurants for an extravagant lunch. Joe Henry, who wrote beautifully about Boulez; we have met in NY and DC quite a few times. Catison (Brett Stewart), who was once quite roly-poly but dropped a lot of weight and married a beautiful girl. Nigil Wilkinson, whom I visited in Paris. Ellie Edwards, the voice teacher from Boston. Owlice (Alice Ryan). Ellie Kett, who visited once from Israel. Wilma Monlouis. Guy Fairstein, the lawyer whose primary interests were Mahler and Bruckner. Yasser Yeman. Joshua Lilly, lover of Mozart and chess, who came up to NY from Virginia. Karl Henzy, a great Carter fan. Al Moritz, the great lover of Bruckner and Stockhausen. Utah Bill, with whom I spent a great afternoon in the SF area. Niki (Emmanuel) Beer and I have had dinner together both in NY and SF.
And several others from That Other Board. Ralph invited me to a couple of their get-togethers, so I have met John Brousseau, Lenny Goran, John Francis, The Horn, and I'm pretty sure "some guy," even though I didn't know most of these people well. I used to see Frank Berglas a lot when he was living in NY and attending the Met; we often met for Chinese dinner at an excellent little-known hole in the wall near Lincoln Center, since then torn down. John Bleau, Ralph Stein, and I had dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant right next to the Chinese hole in the wall; John had some odd ideas about AIDS, but he also self-published a wonderful memoir about traveling in India. And yes, I've also met the notorious Randall Wetmore, but perhaps before he became so entrenched in his political views, or perhaps I just didn't see it then.
Also David Gable, who was very active at RMCR and some other boards, but not I think here. David is a true scholar, a trained musicologist who wrote his dissertation under Charles Rosen and who has published on Boulez and Verdi, among others. And his friend Pradyut Shah, who also studied at the University of Chicago.
There may have been others. There must have been. The first time I met Ralph Stein, he organized a big lunch in NY's Chinatown for a dozen people. I think Larry Rinkel was there too, but like most sensible people I instantly realized he was a boor and a nuisance, and so I always ignored his PMs and emails. (Somehow he's too dense to ever get the point and he still continues attaching himself to me.) I think Brian and I may be meeting next month besides, and I certainly would be happy to get together with anyone else who comes to NY.
QuoteI think Brian and I may be meeting next month besides . . . .
And so it came to pass. As good fortune would have it, Brian did make the arduous voyage from Dallas, TX, to our fair city NYC, where he had the truly good fortune to catch
Hamilton, that overpriced sold-out Broadway show I haven't seen myself, hear some Mahler, and do sundry other things, one of which included meeting with
moi for a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I promised Brian that if he were willing to spend virtually a whole day at it, I could show him virtually the entire museum (which is about as large in itself as your typical US city), and I'd say we accomplished about 90% of what I had planned. Subway delays on both sides caused a bit of a rocky start, but we finally met for breakfast, headed over to the Met, and toured the entire world in the space of four city blocks and seven hours including a long lunch. I had to cut out a few minor departments, like Drawings-Prints-Photographs and the Costume Institute; and the Robert Lehman wing was closed, which meant we couldn't see Ingrès's great portrait of the Princesse de Broglie. But otherwise we got to virtually everything on my "must-see" list and more besides.
Brian is a nice-looking young man and in person is as you might expect from the boards: quiet, scholarly, well-informed, and not without a droll sense of humor. During breakfast and lunch we discussed all kinds of topics, musical and otherwise, and I think we saw eye-to-eye on most things, including our opinion of at least one controversial composer. Brian was visiting some friends here and unfortunately I could not entice him to join me the next day for a matinee at the NYC Ballet - where he would have seen Bournonville's La Sylphide (sporadically interesting) and Balanchine's choreography for the 2nd Tchaikovsky Concerto (absolutely spectacular, and starring NYC's hottest ballerina of the moment, the wonderful Sara Mearns). But I'll bet that in the few days he visited, Brian could see how for some of us,"you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave New York. No, sir, when a man is tired of New York, he is tired of life; for there is in New York all that life can afford."
Well, be that as it may, Brian was going to stay in our delightfully balmy city that Saturday night to meet Brewski and EigenUser to hear the NYP in Mahler 6; I might have joined them, except that I was already half-frozen by the time my matinee let out, and I didn't want to read reports in the next day's NY Times of four frost-bitten GMG posters found congealed under the arches of the Metropolitan Opera. But hopefully Brian is safely thawed out and back home where it is only 65 degrees, and that he found our day together as pleasant as I did.
Cool. Though I blush to consider that now, Brian must have see more of the Metropolitan Museum of Art than have I, and I've been there a dozen times at least.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 15, 2016, 01:17:28 PM
I think we saw eye-to-eye on most things, including our opinion of at least one controversial composer.
So are you going to name name(s), or leave us hanging?
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on February 15, 2016, 04:20:01 PM
So are you going to name name(s), or leave us hanging?
Let's just say that if this is a composer you admire, it's not something I'd jolly well brag to your saints about.
Quote from: karlhenning on February 15, 2016, 04:10:51 PM
Cool. Though I blush to consider that now, Brian must have see more of the Metropolitan Museum of Art than have I, and I've been there a dozen times at least.
To be truthful, I offered a tasting menu rather than a full-course meal. I could and often have spent 5-10x the time in many of the departments we visited.
Our estimable Bogey came to the recital I put on, and said some very kind things about my playing. ;D
I can confirm (p) Sfz's account! (And I was going to PM you a thank-you note, but might as well do so publicly.) We crammed in a truly incredible amount of stuff to our Met tour, aided by the tour guide's printed-out itinerary of essentials. I offered a quick summary to my parents last night in an email: "Washington crossing the Delaware, Monet water lilies, an ancient Egyptian temple, giant Polynesian sculptures, John Singer Sargent portraits, the historical musical instrument collection, iconic Van Gogh and Vermeer, the Roman sculpture hall..."
I also got to introduce Sforzando to my favorite museum game, "What would you steal?" This is where you think about all the things you've seen and, well, decide what you'd steal. And after a few days' reflection, my answer has changed from the original pick of "the Damascus Room": I'd steal the giant Jackson Pollock. Second choice: that 1830s Conrad Graf fortepiano, which I forgot to tell you (Sfz) was very similar to the Conrad Graf which Penelope Crawford owns and records on.
And we did indeed have a very good day! I had a very good trip overall, start to finish, including the extraordinary
Hamilton; an interesting if often bizarre taping of "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"; superb meals in Chinatown dives, at the Singaporean restaurant Chomp Chomp, at High Line brunch staple/bubbly bar Trestle on Tenth, and at a superb James-Beard-winning home of modernist continental delights, Bâtard; stops at the Grolier Club and Natural History Museum; a set at Smalls Jazz Club, with the Kenyatta Beasley Septet playing the music of bandleader and Basie collaborator Frank Foster; and a bookstore-hopping expedition that took me to the Drama Book Shop for play scripts, Chelsea Market for intriguing nonfiction, and briefly the MoMA bookstore for photography volumes.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 15, 2016, 01:17:28 PM
But I'll bet that in the few days he visited, Brian could see how for some of us,"you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave New York. No, sir, when a man is tired of New York, he is tired of life; for there is in New York all that life can afford."
I do believe I've lived in the place Dr. Johnson was referring to. ;)
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 15, 2016, 01:17:28 PM
including our opinion of at least one controversial composer.
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on February 15, 2016, 04:20:01 PM
So are you going to name name(s), or leave us hanging?
Beethoven. Dude's so overrated.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 15, 2016, 01:17:28 PM
Well, be that as it may, Brian was going to stay in our delightfully balmy city that Saturday night to meet Brewski and EigenUser to hear the NYP in Mahler 6; I might have joined them, except that I was already half-frozen by the time my matinee let out, and I didn't want to read reports in the next day's NY Times of four frost-bitten GMG posters found congealed under the arches of the Metropolitan Opera. But hopefully Brian is safely thawed out and back home where it is only 65 degrees, and that he found our day together as pleasant as I did.
Indeed! And in addition to Nate/EigenUser, who must be the GMGer who most physically resembles a football player, and Bruce, who took about 4 pages of notes during the Mahler, I got to quickly meet a couple of Nate's friends, who also joined him for the concert (and who could be entertaining GMG contributors...hint). One of them is the first 20-something farmer (!) I've ever met; I'll be writing to her after finishing this post. Both announced that, after the impressive tragic snarl of the last movement of Mahler's Sixth, they were going to an EDM rave.
Note to Bruce: your goal of making sure I experienced a NY taxi before departure was fulfilled, as I hailed a cab the next day to get to LaGuardia.
Note to Sforzando:
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on January 11, 2016, 11:50:59 AM
Scott Spires too, who I think now calls himself Archaic Torso of something or other, and Joe Barron.
Surely you can't be serious! (https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/archaic-torso-apollo)
This poem is heavily featured in A.O. Scott's new book
Better Living Through Criticism, which I read on the plane and is a very worthy essay in the purpose of critics in art history. Might, in fact, be a good subject for a GMG Book Club!
The list of GMGers I have met, chronologically, is now:
Greta/Isolde
Olivier/Papy Oli
Luke
Jeffrey/vandermolen
Colin/Dundonnell
Johan Herrenberg
(poco) Sforzando
Nate/EigenUser
Bruce Hodges
(not counting a friend of mine who joined a few years ago, posted like 10 times, then never became a regular)
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
(And I was going to PM you a thank-you note, but might as well do so publicly.)
Aw. You still can if you like . . .
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
We crammed in a truly incredible amount of stuff to our Met tour, aided by the tour guide's printed-out itinerary of essentials. I offered a quick summary to my parents last night in an email: "Washington crossing the Delaware, Monet water lilies, an ancient Egyptian temple, giant Polynesian sculptures, John Singer Sargent portraits, the historical musical instrument collection, iconic Van Gogh and Vermeer, the Roman sculpture hall..."
. . . the Chinese scholars' court with the goldfish pond, the wooden models of Egyptian daily life, the Breughel scene of harvesters eating and resting after work, the little Goya boy with his cats, Regnault's erotic scene of Salome gloating after the death of John the Baptist, the armor worn by Queen Elizabeth's tournament champion, the Islamic swords and scimitars, Bronzino's arrogant young nobleman, Greuze's "Broken Eggs" with the little kid, Lucas Cranach's heroic painting of St. Maurice as an African youth, Picasso's Gertrude Stein ("She doesn't look like that, Pablo." "She will."), the Renaissance studiolo all in trompe l'oeil 3D, Thomas Hart Benton's panorama of America Today, Carpeaux's statue of Ugolino about to devour his four sons, Big Bertha the Egyptian sarcophagus, the special exhibit on clocks, the little statue of the boy extracting a thorn, Caravaggio's homoerotic musicians, the pre-Columbian gold, the African power statue studded with nails, the two Pierre Cot paintings of the lovers, the Velasquez portrait of his personal slave, El Greco's Cardinal, the Indian Hindu gods, the little Madonna and Child by Duccio that the Met bought for $45 million (I wouldn't have paid that much) . . . .
Have I left anything out?
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
Beethoven. Dude's so overrated.
Yes, that must have been the composer.
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
Nate/EigenUser, who must be the GMGer who most physically resembles a football player. . .
A quarterback, not a fullback.
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
Note to Sforzando:Surely you can't be serious! (https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/archaic-torso-apollo)
Am I ever?
It is now close to 50 degrees in the NY area, with one more Mahler 6 tonight.
Brian will have to come back.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 15, 2016, 06:40:44 PM
Am I ever?
About art, you most certainly can be!
Reading that list I felt bowled over all over again, in an exhilarated kind of way. There is something irreplaceable about having all of these things as concrete, personal memories, rather than just ideas.
Quote from: jochanaan on February 15, 2016, 05:47:13 PM
Our estimable Bogey came to the recital I put on, and said some very kind things about my playing. ;D
I do recall!
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
And in addition to Nate/EigenUser, who must be the GMGer who most physically resembles a football player...
Unfortunately (if high school PE has taught me anything about myself) I am also probably the GMGer most likely to run away and duck from a football being passed to me.
Quote from: Brian on February 15, 2016, 05:47:56 PM
...and Bruce, who took about 4 pages of notes during the Mahler...
When we see the Messiaen next month I will bring my copy of the score to help out :D.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 15, 2016, 06:40:44 PM
A quarterback, not a fullback.
Is that better or worse?
Quote from: EigenUser on February 16, 2016, 11:34:49 AM
Is that better or worse?
It's taller and more athletic!
My high school PE class decided it would be a good idea for me to play QB on a single trick play where I was supposed to throw a Hail Mary pass. Why they thought this, the world will never know. It did not work.
Quote from: Brian on February 16, 2016, 11:44:45 AM
It's taller and more athletic!
My high school PE class decided it would be a good idea for me to play QB on a single trick play where I was supposed to throw a Hail Mary pass. Why they thought this, the world will never know. It did not work.
I think the idea came from your ex-girlfriend Mary...
Quote from: Brian on February 16, 2016, 11:44:45 AM
It's taller and more athletic!
I'll take it!
Quote from: Brian on February 16, 2016, 11:44:45 AM
My high school PE class decided it would be a good idea for me to play QB on a single trick play where I was supposed to throw a Hail Mary pass. Why they thought this, the world will never know. It did not work.
You know, I don't think we ever did football in high school PE. I would imagine that it would be too complicated to explain to people like me, who have no idea what they are doing.
I've only ever met one forum member face to face on any forum, he joined GMG but he hasn't posted much really. Hopefully he'll come back!
Quote from: EigenUser on February 16, 2016, 11:34:49 AM
Is that better or worse?
I believe Brian meant his remark as a compliment. I know I did.
Hey, Nate, if you guys are doing Turangalila in March, maybe count me in. As Boulez says, it's brothel music, but I'm not proud.
And since I know you like Jeux, you should know that the NYC Ballet is mounting a new choreography of that work for five remaining performances this February, all with the above-mentioned Sara Mearns. I'm thinking about the Feb. 20 matinee.
http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Debussy-Brandstrup.aspx
http://www.nycballet.com/Season-Tickets/Winter-2016/21st-Century-Choreographers.aspx
Quote from: EigenUser on February 16, 2016, 11:34:49 AM
Unfortunately (if high school PE has taught me anything about myself) I am also probably the GMGer most likely to run away and duck from a football being passed to me.
Maybe the second.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 16, 2016, 01:05:15 PM
I believe Brian meant his remark as a compliment. I know I did.
Haha, I figured that you guys seem too nice to mean it as an insult.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 16, 2016, 01:05:15 PM
Hey, Nate, if you guys are doing Turangalila in March, maybe count me in. As Boulez says, it's brothel music, but I'm not proud.
It's the best brothel music around, though!
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 16, 2016, 01:05:15 PM
And since I know you like Jeux, you should know that the NYC Ballet is mounting a new choreography of that work for five remaining performances this February, all with the above-mentioned Sara Mearns. I'm thinking about the Feb. 20 matinee.
http://www.nycballet.com/Ballets/N/New-Debussy-Brandstrup.aspx
http://www.nycballet.com/Season-Tickets/Winter-2016/21st-Century-Choreographers.aspx
Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make that one. Actually, the Monday after Turangalila is being played I might go home to DC and see
Jeux at the Kennedy Center (I forgot which orchestra is playing it; not the NSO).
Quote from: EigenUser on February 17, 2016, 12:31:13 AM
Haha, I figured that you guys seem too nice to mean it as an insult.
I'm always afraid I'm being insulted when I'm told I have the physique of an athlete. ::)
Quote from: North Star on February 17, 2016, 12:42:52 AM
I'm always afraid I'm being insulted when I'm told I have the physique of an athlete. ::)
Not sure why sfz thought I might take it as an insult, lol. I was joking around when I asked what was better. Truth is, I have no idea what either position does. I know nothing about football :-[.
While we are on that topic, what about sumo wrestler? That could be kind of insulting... Or even powerlifter could be taken the wrong way (reputation for being, well, fat).
Quote from: EigenUser on February 17, 2016, 12:54:33 AM
Not sure why sfz thought I might take it as an insult, lol. I was joking around when I asked what was better. Truth is, I have no idea what either position does. I know nothing about football :-[.
While we are on that topic, what about sumo wrestler? That could be kind of insulting... Or even powerlifter could be taken the wrong way (reputation for being, well, fat).
Well you did ask whether it was better or worse - it's not hard to think from that that you might think at least one of them is not all that great to be associated with.
Ah, sumo wrestlers - yes, that would be an insult to most people, definitely, just as any crazy extreme physique that isn't necessarily healthy at all but helps in a particular sport.
Quote from: EigenUser on February 17, 2016, 12:31:13 AM
Haha, I figured that you guys seem too nice to mean it as an insult.
It's the best brothel music around, though!
Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make that one. Actually, the Monday after Turangalila is being played I might go home to DC and see Jeux at the Kennedy Center (I forgot which orchestra is playing it; not the NSO).
Probably this one:
Montreal Symphony
Kent Nagano, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Mon, Mar 14, 7pm • Kennedy Center Concert Hall
DEBUSSY - Jeux
PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAVINSKY - The Rite of Spring
- which is several weeks after the date I quoted for the NYCB.
Quote from: EigenUser on February 17, 2016, 12:54:33 AM
Not sure why sfz thought I might take it as an insult, lol. I was joking around when I asked what was better. Truth is, I have no idea what either position does. I know nothing about football :-[.
Sorry I brought it up . . . .
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 16, 2016, 01:05:15 PM
Hey, Nate, if you guys are doing Turangalila in March, maybe count me in. As Boulez says, it's brothel music, but I'm not proud.
You know what is said about brothels: one is ashamed to be caught entering or leaving the brothel, but inside it one actually feels good. :laugh:
Quote from: Florestan on February 17, 2016, 04:04:41 AM
You know what is said about brothels: one is ashamed to be caught entering or leaving the brothel, but inside it one actually feels good. :laugh:
Perhaps you have more experience than I in that area.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 07:01:32 AM
Perhaps you have more experience than I in that area.
I have read
Maison Tellier and
An American Tragedy. Does it count?
Quote from: Florestan on February 17, 2016, 07:06:03 AM
I have read Maison Tellier and An American Tragedy. Does it count?
I have only read
American Tragedy, so you're one up on me.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 07:36:33 AM
I have only read American Tragedy, so you're one up on me.
;D
So, now you have Jane Austen, Tolstoy, Conrad and Maupassant on your list... :D
Quote from: Florestan on February 17, 2016, 07:39:56 AM
;D
So, now you have Jane Austen, Tolstoy, Conrad and Maupassant on your list... :D
Making lists is the easy part. Following through is hard.
When I was very young, like 13 or so, and still under the delusion that I'd become a famous composer some day, I made a long list of all the compositions I planned to write. I included titles, orchestration, keys (as I said, I was very young), and even dedications (to anybody and everybody I could think of, including the janitor at my school and the local librarian). The only problem was that I would have to write the actual music, and that was much more effort than I intended. So nothing on the list ever got written.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 07:52:00 AM
When I was very young, like 13 or so, and still under the delusion that I'd become a famous composer some day, I made a long list of all the compositions I planned to write. I included titles, orchestration, keys (as I said, I was very young), and even dedications (to anybody and everybody I could think of, including the janitor at my school and the local librarian). The only problem was that I would have to write the actual music, and that was much more effort than I intended. So nothing on the list ever got written.
Believe it or not, but...
...except the delusion and the dedications, me too. The last opus on my list (I still have it somewhere at my parents´ home) is a Symphony in 4 movements: I- Death, II-Death, III-Death, IV-Life. Now, why on earth a 14-year Romanian boy in the 80s of the last century would have composed such a thing beats me; it must have been right after listening to Mahler´s 9th with Vaclav Neuman and the Czech PO ((a gift from one of my father´s best friends)...
So there are forum members who have met face-to-face in a brothel?
Quote from: Florestan on February 17, 2016, 08:01:39 AM
Believe it or not, but...
...except the delusion and the dedications, me too. The last opus on my list (I still have it somewhere at my parents´ home) is a Symphony in 4 movements: I- Death, II-Death, III-Death, IV-Life. Now, why on earth a 14-year Romanian boy in the 80s of the last century would have composed such a thing beats me; it must have been right after listening to Mahler´s 9th with Vaclav Neuman and the Czech PO ((a gift from one of my father´s best friends)...
For contrast, you could have written an interlude like IIa - Half Alive, or IIIa - Near Death. It's only a list, after all.
Quote from: karlhenning on February 17, 2016, 08:27:29 AM
So there are forum members who have met face-to-face in a brothel?
Where do you think it was we met on your last trip to NYC, Karl?
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 08:31:46 AM
For contrast, you could have written an interlude like IIa - Half Alive, or IIIa - Near Death. It's only a list, after all.
You do know what being an introvert, intellectually inclined, classical-music-lover teenager mean, don´t you? It´s all or nothing all the way... ;D
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 08:34:13 AM
Where do you think it was we met on your last trip to NYC, Karl?
Karl??? Sounds more like Prince Albert... >:D :P
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 08:34:13 AM
Where do you think it was we met on your last trip to NYC, Karl?
Well, all right, I
did wonder about all the conflicting perfumes.
Quote from: Florestan on February 17, 2016, 08:01:39 AMSymphony in 4 movements: I- Death, II-Death, III-Death, IV-Life.
;D ;D ;D ;D this is terrific!
I had a list too, although in many cases the music was polite enough to pop into my head once or twice before I decided how great the idea was. At age 13, the orchestra-in-my-head and I mentally composed/performed a piano concerto in the style of Mozart/Beethoven
every single day while waiting for the school bus. What was the secret? you might ask. Chaotic disorganization! After 5 minutes, I couldn't remember the opening tune anymore, so I'd just wedge in a new, equally forgettable tune. But I did have the good sense to know where to put a cadenza, that the first movement should be 15 minutes, and things like that.
Quote from: Brian on February 17, 2016, 09:59:14 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D this is terrific!
I had a list too, although in many cases the music was polite enough to pop into my head once or twice before I decided how great the idea was. At age 13, the orchestra-in-my-head and I mentally composed/performed a piano concerto in the style of Mozart/Beethoven every single day while waiting for the school bus. What was the secret? you might ask. Chaotic disorganization! After 5 minutes, I couldn't remember the opening tune anymore, so I'd just wedge in a new, equally forgettable tune. But I did have the good sense to know where to put a cadenza, that the first movement should be 15 minutes, and things like that.
You must have had a long wait for the bus . . . .
Quote from: Brian on February 17, 2016, 09:59:14 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D this is terrific!
I had a list too, although in many cases the music was polite enough to pop into my head once or twice before I decided how great the idea was. At age 13, the orchestra-in-my-head and I mentally composed/performed a piano concerto in the style of Mozart/Beethoven every single day while waiting for the school bus. What was the secret? you might ask. Chaotic disorganization! After 5 minutes, I couldn't remember the opening tune anymore, so I'd just wedge in a new, equally forgettable tune. But I did have the good sense to know where to put a cadenza, that the first movement should be 15 minutes, and things like that.
Sounds like
Henning´s Headquarters... ;D
Every once in a while I dream a symphony or a piano concerto... I mean, in full --- I hear all of it while dreaming. :D
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 08:31:46 AM
For contrast, you could have written an interlude like IIa - Half Alive, or IIIa - Near Death. It's only a list, after all.
What about this:
I.
Before LifeII.
First Commentary on DeathIII.
Life, 1st VersionIV.
Second Commentary on DeathV.
DeathVI.
After LifeVII.
Third Commentary on DeathVIII.
Life Again
Quote from: EigenUser on February 17, 2016, 12:30:50 PM
What about this:
I. Before Life
II. First Commentary on Death
III. Life, 1st Version
IV. Second Commentary on Death
V. Death
VI. After Life
VII. Third Commentary on Death
VIII. Life Again
AKA,
Le Marteau sans Marteau
Quote from: Brian on February 17, 2016, 09:59:14 AM
I had a list too, although in many cases the music was polite enough to pop into my head once or twice before I decided how great the idea was. At age 13, the orchestra-in-my-head and I mentally composed/performed a piano concerto in the style of Mozart/Beethoven every single day while waiting for the school bus. What was the secret? you might ask. Chaotic disorganization! After 5 minutes, I couldn't remember the opening tune anymore, so I'd just wedge in a new, equally forgettable tune. But I did have the good sense to know where to put a cadenza, that the first movement should be 15 minutes, and things like that.
"You may put 'em on the list — you may put 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed — they'll none of 'em be missed!"
- G+S,
The Mikado
Are we talking about death literally or with its symbolic connotations?
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 17, 2016, 10:18:06 AM
You must have had a long wait for the bus . . . .
For some dumb reason, the school I attended in 8th grade ended at a certain time, but the buses started loading 30 minutes later, so yes, for a half-hour each day (I think 3:15 to 3:45?) we all had to sit in the band practice hall, doing homework, patiently waiting for the buses to load us up.
Quote from: Brian on February 18, 2016, 11:02:46 AM
For some dumb reason, the school I attended in 8th grade ended at a certain time, but the buses started loading 30 minutes later, so yes, for a half-hour each day (I think 3:15 to 3:45?) we all had to sit in the band practice hall, doing homework, patiently waiting for the buses to load us up.
Indeed, to have had time each day and at such an age for such mighty bursts of creative energy.
For those that might be interested, I am moving to Chicago next month. Anyone in the area that would like to give me a tour of the museums and/or a concert?
Quote from: Catison on October 12, 2016, 07:15:42 PM
For those that might be interested, I am moving to Chicago next month. Anyone in the area that would like to give me a tour of the museums and/or a concert?
Yeah, me! Please get in touch. Why are you moving here, just when the bad weather is about to start?
Quote from: Catison on October 12, 2016, 07:15:42 PM
For those that might be interested, I am moving to Chicago next month. Anyone in the area that would like to give me a tour of the museums and/or a concert?
Haven't been there in about six years, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Art Institute again if I ever go back (as well as Brett and Scott).
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on October 12, 2016, 07:48:34 PM
Haven't been there in about six years, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Art Institute again if I ever go back (as well as Brett and Scott).
I actually have an Art Institute membership which allows me to bring in up to 3 guests for free (it's about to expire, but I will renew it). Something to bear in mind.
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 12, 2016, 08:32:08 PM
I actually have an Art Institute membership which allows me to bring in up to 3 guests for free (it's about to expire, but I will renew it). Something to bear in mind.
I'm sure I will :)
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 12, 2016, 08:32:08 PM
I actually have an Art Institute membership which allows me to bring in up to 3 guests for free (it's about to expire, but I will renew it). Something to bear in mind.
Sure will. There are just the little matters of air fare, hotel, and food not covered by your membership.
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 12, 2016, 07:38:20 PM
Yeah, me! Please get in touch. Why are you moving here, just when the bad weather is about to start?
My job is moving me for an assignment. My family will be coming later, hence why I am looking for some fun things to do on the weekends.
I love the Art Institute. I used to go there sometimes while I was a grad student in Madison. It should be fun!
Quote from: Catison on October 16, 2016, 12:24:32 PM
My job is moving me for an assignment. My family will be coming later, hence why I am looking for some fun things to do on the weekends.
Sounds good, please let me know when you hit town. There's lots of fun stuff to do here on the weekends!
Sadly this year's CSO schedule is boringly conservative (I blame Muti), but there are plenty of more innovative concerts if you know where to look.
QuoteI love the Art Institute. I used to go there sometimes while I was a grad student in Madison. It should be fun!
I was just in Madison a couple of weeks ago and loved it. We were doing a tour of the "Driftless Area" for a few days.
Cheers, Brett!
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 16, 2016, 01:36:45 PMSadly this year's CSO schedule is boringly conservative (I blame Muti), but there are plenty of more innovative concerts if you know where to look.
Not to go off on a tangent, but I never understood the appointment of Muti to begin with. The CSO are a world-renowned orchestra and demand a conductor who has interesting ideas about programs and who has more versatility.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 16, 2016, 06:48:13 PM
Not to go off on a tangent, but I never understood the appointment of Muti to begin with. The CSO are a world-renowned orchestra and demand a conductor who has interesting ideas about programs and who has more versatility.
He's a big name, and the players like him; those were two points in his favor.
I have nothing against his conducting skills, but programming was a lot more interesting during the Barenboim-Boulez regime. That said, they do get guest conductors who do interesting things from time to time.
If you want "a conductor who has interesting ideas about programs and who has more versatility" in Chicago, Carlos Kalmar at the Grant Park Festival fits the bill nicely.
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 16, 2016, 07:13:24 PM
He's a big name, and the players like him; those were two points in his favor.
I have nothing against his conducting skills, but programming was a lot more interesting during the Barenboim-Boulez regime. That said, they do get guest conductors who do interesting things from time to time.
If you want "a conductor who has interesting ideas about programs and who has more versatility" in Chicago, Carlos Kalmar at the Grant Park Festival fits the bill nicely.
Yes, those Barenboim-Boulez years were some of the more creative in the orchestra's history I would imagine. Another thing about the CSO is I hear less and less about them and this mainly due to the lack of recordings and not their own stature as a world-renown orchestra. Since the launch of their own label, I haven't seen a whole lot of recordings. As someone who can't go on a whim and fly up to Chicago and who doesn't live nearby, this is really my only source of information as to what they've been up to. I've heard good things about Kalmar. I'd love to be able to see one of his concerts.
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 16, 2016, 07:13:24 PM
Carlos Kalmar at the Grant Park Festival fits the bill nicely.
Absolutely, and the GPO cram a bunch of great programs into a barely 2 month schedule.
Brett - you will be missed here!! Had wondered if you would be going to any of the Adams birthday HSO stuff or HGO Nixon in China (particularly looking forward to). Was great fun attending concerts with you guys!
We've been considering a getaway to Chicago..looking at CSO schedule may think harder about it in March now:
http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/salonen-and-yo-yo-ma/
Would be cool to meet up with anyone if we do go...we'll see!
Yoo-hoo, Senta!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 17, 2016, 08:27:29 AM
So there are forum members who have met face-to-face in a brothel?
Karl, I'd swear (if I did swear) that your wit qualifies as BDSM! :laugh:
Okay well, just took the plunge - we will be seeing CSO March 7th and 9th. :)
Last time I was in Chicago was 15 years ago and it was only for a weekend so will be wonderful to go back...I can already taste the pizza..
Not sure of exact fly-in and out dates etc yet - look forward to perhaps seeing others and fitting in museum visits and such while there!
Quote from: Senta on October 19, 2016, 09:48:40 PM
Brett - you will be missed here!! Had wondered if you would be going to any of the Adams birthday HSO stuff or HGO Nixon in China (particularly looking forward to). Was great fun attending concerts with you guys!
We've been considering a getaway to Chicago..looking at CSO schedule may think harder about it in March now:
http://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/salonen-and-yo-yo-ma/
Would be cool to meet up with anyone if we do go...we'll see!
Heather is staying behind with the girls for a little while, and my company is paying for trips back twice a month. So I may try to get some days home so that we can go to the Adams concerts.
Are you going to the St. Lawrence String Quartet concert on Friday? I would love to go but I am not sure if I can get the time.
Quote from: Catison on October 12, 2016, 07:15:42 PM
For those that might be interested, I am moving to Chicago next month. Anyone in the area that would like to give me a tour of the museums and/or a concert?
Welcome to Chicago. I'd likewise be interested in meeting up.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 16, 2016, 07:21:57 PM
Yes, those Barenboim-Boulez years were some of the more creative in the orchestra's history I would imagine. Another thing about the CSO is I hear less and less about them and this mainly due to the lack of recordings and not their own stature as a world-renown orchestra. Since the launch of their own label, I haven't seen a whole lot of recordings. As someone who can't go on a whim and fly up to Chicago and who doesn't live nearby, this is really my only source of information as to what they've been up to. I've heard good things about Kalmar. I'd love to be able to see one of his concerts.
The dearth of recordings notwithstanding, you can catch the weekly broadcasts of subscription concerts every Sunday at 1pm on wfmt.com and for a few weeks thereafter on demand at http://csosoundsandstories.org/category/cso-radio/
The Grant Park concerts with Kalmar are also broadcast on WFMT so you can catch them on wfmt.com as well.
Quote from: Catison on October 23, 2016, 07:15:21 PM
Heather is staying behind with the girls for a little while, and my company is paying for trips back twice a month. So I may try to get some days home so that we can go to the Adams concerts.
Are you going to the St. Lawrence String Quartet concert on Friday? I would love to go but I am not sure if I can get the time.
Really wish I could go Friday but my parents are coming into town so we have some things planned.
But between Houston and Chicago, all five of our first 2017 concerts will all include Adams ;)
Do let me know if you end up coming in any of those weekends, would love to meetup!
Quote from: Senta on October 27, 2016, 10:54:12 AM
Really wish I could go Friday but my parents are coming into town so we have some things planned.
But between Houston and Chicago, all five of our first 2017 concerts will all include Adams ;)
Thanks for taking
one five for the team! 8) 0:) :)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 27, 2016, 11:21:24 AM
Thanks for taking one five for the team! 8) 0:) :)
*chortle*
Or at least I
think it's "chortle". I might be paraphrasing.
It was with the greatest pleasure that I had a visit from Johan ('Christo') yesterday who made a four hour round trip to my house in Sussex - he is over in the UK with his family. Unfortunately the weather was appalling so we couldn't go for my planned 'Winnie-the-Pooh' themed walk on Ashdown Forest, where the book was set (A.A.Milne lived nearby) but we had a nice lunch in a remote Sussex pub called 'The Hatch' and then we came back to the house for tea, biscuits and an extended discussion on CDs (my collection of Dutch composers including the CPO Andriessen cycle has grown enormously thanks to Johan's generosity). We had met before in Leiden when my daughter was 'studying' there for a year, together with the other great Dutch Havergal Brian fanatic Johan H - a wonderful memory in c.2010 I guess. Fortunately my wife was not in the house to witness all the CDs coming in but she got home in time to see Johan which was nice as she was also the recipient of his generosity in Leiden. We did get members of the public to take some commemorative photos but I suspect that Johan is likely to be more successful in posting them than I am as I'm computer illiterate and am often instructed that my photos are too large format to post. It was a great day and Johan seemed in very good form. :)
Splendid!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 02, 2018, 09:18:03 AM
Splendid!
Thank you
KarlIt was a very nice day despite the appalling English weather.
:)
Quote from: vandermolen on May 02, 2018, 09:27:10 AM
Thank you Karl
It was a very nice day despite the appalling English weather.
:)
I have been told such a phrase is redundant! ;D ;)
I haven't met anybody in along while :-[. In past years I had the privilege to meet and/or attend concerts with Gurn, Dr. Henning, Jezetha and Brewski. I hope I'm not missing anyone. If so, it was an honour to meet with you, too ;D.
Quote from: André on May 02, 2018, 10:46:01 AM
I haven't met anybody in along while :-[. In past years I had the privilege to meet and/or attend concerts with Gurn, Dr. Henning, Jezetha and Brewski. I hope I'm not missing anyone. If so, it was an honour to meet with you, too ;D.
A fun night at the Met Opera, years ago! 8) (On a very warm evening, as I recall...)
--Bruce
And a scrumptious meal at the restaurant, too ;). My daughter almost fell asleep during Madama Butterfly... She says she enjoyed every minute she was awake :laugh:.
Quote from: André on May 02, 2018, 10:58:26 AM
And a scrumptious meal at the restaurant, too ;). My daughter almost fell asleep during Madama Butterfly... She says she enjoyed every minute she was awake :laugh:.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
--Bruce
Quote from: Cato on May 02, 2018, 09:51:47 AM
I have been told such a phrase is redundant! ;D ;)
Haha - now it is quite sunny over here and I hope that Johan had better weather for the rest of his visit (including Canterbury Cathedral).
It's important for the Europeans to make the most of this brief period before everyone is expelled from the country!
8)
Quote from: André on May 02, 2018, 10:46:01 AM
I haven't met anybody in along while :-[. In past years I had the privilege to meet and/or attend concerts with Gurn, Dr. Henning, Jezetha and Brewski. I hope I'm not missing anyone. If so, it was an honour to meet with you, too ;D.
Well, I for one would love to meet you one day Andre :)
Quote from: André on May 02, 2018, 10:58:26 AM
And a scrumptious meal at the restaurant, too ;). My daughter almost fell asleep during Madama Butterfly... She says she enjoyed every minute she was awake :laugh:.
I'm with your daughter on this one Andre 8)
Quote from: vandermolen on May 02, 2018, 11:29:25 AM
Well, I for one would love to meet you one day Andre :)
It's one of my biggest wishes, too. 15 years of correspondence is a good preparation for that epochal event ! 8)
Quote from: André on May 02, 2018, 02:30:45 PM
It's one of my biggest wishes, too. 15 years of correspondence is a good preparation for that epochal event ! 8)
Anticipating vandermolen's post "My Dinner with Andre." :)
(http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/my-dinner-with-andre.jpg)
I'm the one on the left :laugh:
I may go on a book tour and if I do, I hope to come to a town near you!
Cool!
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on May 02, 2018, 02:43:55 PM
Anticipating vandermolen's post "My Dinner with Andre." :)
(http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/my-dinner-with-andre.jpg)
:D
Quote from: springrite on May 02, 2018, 09:17:22 PM
I may go on a book tour and if I do, I hope to come to a town near you!
Excellent - you can sign my copy!
:)
Is there anyone in Germany whom I could meet at the end of this year?
Quote from: vandermolen on May 03, 2018, 12:34:40 PM
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOncaHMtk_CbrjpNiUKrmZxdONKVi_eG8hqV3w_
Having trouble posting photos but here is a link
Christo on left
Link doesn't seem to work, maybe the privacy settings are wrong?
Quote from: North Star on May 03, 2018, 12:44:50 PM
Link doesn't seem to work, maybe the privacy settings are wrong?
Thanks - I'll delete the post and try again or wait for Johan to do it!
Hmmm, if memory serves:
- Senta (who was the first "internet person" from any website that I ever met in real life!)
- Papy Oli
- JZ Herrenberg, vandermolen, Luke Ottevanger, Dundonnell (at the Gothic Symphony live in London)
- poco (Sforzando)
- Brewski
- EigenUser
- Dancing Divertimentian
In that order, too, chronologically. Hope I am not forgetting anyone!
Quote from: Brian on May 03, 2018, 01:23:08 PM
Hmmm, if memory serves:
- Senta (who was the first "internet person" from any website that I ever met in real life!)
- Papy Oli
- JZ Herrenberg, vandermolen, Luke Ottevanger, Dundonnell (at the Gothic Symphony live in London)
- poco (Sforzando)
- Brewski
- EigenUser
- Dancing Divertimentian
In that order, too, chronologically. Hope I am not forgetting anyone!
Yes, the Gothic meet-up in London was a happy memory for me too.
I never met any forum member in person...
I did meet with a guy from a facebook group about philosophy of physics, funny the kind of connections one can make thanks to the internet :P :laugh:
Quote from: aleazk on May 03, 2018, 03:38:27 PM
I never met any forum member in person...
Ahem.
TWICE?
;)
Those of you who remember David W., I met him several times, very good dude. Ditto Brewski and André. Funny, I either haven't met you at all or else have met you several times. No in between, it seems... :)
8)
Quote from: Brian on May 03, 2018, 01:23:08 PM
Hmmm, if memory serves:
- poco (Sforzando)
(Takes bow.)
Quote from: Brian on May 03, 2018, 01:23:08 PM
- Dancing Divertimentian
Brian is it for me. :)
Quote from: vandermolen on May 02, 2018, 08:28:28 AM
It was with the greatest pleasure that I had a visit from Johan ('Christo') yesterday who made a four hour round trip to my house in Sussex - he is over in the UK with his family. Unfortunately the weather was appalling so we couldn't go for my planned 'Winnie-the-Pooh' themed walk on Ashdown Forest, where the book was set (A.A.Milne lived nearby) but we had a nice lunch in a remote Sussex pub called 'The Hatch' and then we came back to the house for tea, biscuits and an extended discussion on CDs (my collection of Dutch composers including the CPO Andriessen cycle has grown enormously thanks to Johan's generosity). We had met before in Leiden when my daughter was 'studying' there for a year, together with the other great Dutch Havergal Brian fanatic Johan H - a wonderful memory in c.2010 I guess. Fortunately my wife was not in the house to witness all the CDs coming in but she got home in time to see Johan which was nice as she was also the recipient of his generosity in Leiden. We did get members of the public to take some commemorative photos but I suspect that Johan is likely to be more successful in posting them than I am as I'm computer illiterate and am often instructed that my photos are too large format to post. It was a great day and Johan seemed in very good form. :)
Good to hear you both had a great time. Always lovely meeting someone who has the same passions as you do. 8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on May 03, 2018, 05:17:21 PM
Those of you who remember David W., I met him several times, very good dude. Ditto Brewski and André. Funny, I either haven't met you at all or else have met you several times. No in between, it seems... :)
8)
I remember David. I miss him. I believe he's a physics professor (or something equivalent) in a school in South Carolina (or was it North?), anyway, I'd probably meet up with him if he lived closer. I could have met up with Monkey Greg (GregMoeller is his screen name --- we all know him) as he lived near Atlanta, but the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra never has programs I'm interested in, so this was simply not to be. It's especially not to be now that he lives in Nashville.
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 03, 2018, 07:01:42 PM
Good to hear you both had a great time. Always lovely meeting someone who has the same passions as you do. 8)
Thank you John. Hopefully we'll meet one day too.
:)
It's amazing really, I have spent time with some fairly far flung members and some now ex-members. Over about 13 years on the board I have met up with, in no order,
Bruce several times over a couple of NY visits.
Johan in Amsterdam
Michel/Paul in London, quite a few times
Colin M and Eugene in Edinburgh
Matti about a dozen times mainly in Finland, but we meet again in Stockholm in a month.
Rego in Den Haag over a couple of visits.
Tasos/Wanderer several times including Athens, Edinburgh and Paris and will see him in Athens in June.
Nigel Wilkinson in Paris.
It has been very rewarding and music was the prompter for some really good, lasting friendships. I urge folk to make the effort, meet up with the people here that you get on well with, if you get a chance.
Mike
I met another Nigel for lunch and concert (Bruckner symphonies, each time), in Amsterdam and Brussels. He was a member a few years ago. A highly interesting fellow. I miss him.
I well remember our pleasant visit together, André.
Tea for two and two for tea :D
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on May 03, 2018, 05:17:21 PM
Those of you who remember David W., I met him several times, very good dude. Ditto Brewski and André. Funny, I either haven't met you at all or else have met you several times. No in between, it seems... :)
8)
Come down to Texas some time!!
Oh wait
Quote from: vandermolen on May 03, 2018, 09:51:59 PM
Thank you John. Hopefully we'll meet one day too.
:)
Indeed, Jeffrey. You'll be the first to know once I'm in London!
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 04, 2018, 08:04:54 PM
Indeed, Jeffrey. You'll be the first to know once I'm in London!
:)
The already-legendary May 2018 GMG Hatch Inn meeting; the Hatch Inn (1430) located in a secret place in the middle of the Sussex forest that we all know from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Winnie-the-Pooh and probably Robin Hood; Vandermolen will add more details. Of course, his own local pubs The King's Arms and also The Catts Inn (est. 1741) modern frivolities that are no match for The Hatch Inn - superb food, decent beer and ditto people.
Ditto. It accidentally concerned a more secretive BSE meeting, this time.
Quote from: Christo on May 13, 2018, 05:04:50 AM
The already-famous May 2018 GMG Hatch Inn meeting; the Hatch Inn (1430) located in a secret place in the middle of the Sussex forest that we all know from Arthur Conan Doyle, Winnie-the-Pooh and probably Robin Hood; Vandermolen will add more details. Of course, his own local pubs The King's Arms and also The Catts Inn (est. 1741) modern frivolities that are no match for The Hatch Inn - superb food, decent beer and ditto people.
And here is the website:
http://www.hatchinn.co.uk
I've seen the pub featured on TV adverts as well. It is on Ashdown Forest - a forest without trees in many places!
Maybe one day I'll have another enjoyable encounter with a GMG member - I hope so anyway.
:)
Cool photos, guys. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 16, 2018, 07:04:03 AM
Cool photos, guys. 8)
Thank you John. It was very nice to see Johan again.
After Sarge, 2010 at this (http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/04/ionarts-at-large-paavo-jarvi-excites.html) concert, I have now met my second fellow GMG'er, Wanderer -- alas, not in connection to a concert but over beers at a dive. Capital fellow, indeed.
If you're ever again in the States, Jens . . . .
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 06, 2018, 04:02:32 AM
...but over beers at a dive.
A
Viennese dive! 8)
(=hardly a dive)
Quote from: Wanderer on June 11, 2018, 01:28:27 AM
A Viennese dive! 8)
(=hardly a dive)
Granted, as far as dives are concerned, it's probably upscale. ;D There are a good many, even in Vienna, that fit the bill better. But it's always good to undersell.
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 06, 2018, 04:02:32 AM
Wanderer... Capital fellow, indeed.
Amen! One of the nicest, most genial and amiable fellows I've ever met in my whole life.
Nice thread. I have met with Christo (my namesake and fellow Dutchman Johan), Herman, a fellow novelist I got to know on this board (!), Dundonnell (Colin), Brian, Knightxx (forget the number), André, Luke Ottevanger and Vandermolen (Jeffrey), and a John who sometimes appears on the Havergal Brian thread. I treasure the memories!
P.S. I started out with the moniker Jezetha.
My son and I had a meal at the same italian restaurant we went together, Johan ;). BTW, wasn't that Gatti who conducted the Mahler 5th that night ? ???
I hope the meal was just as good! And you're right: it was Gatti in Mahler's Fifth!
Meeting face to face is overrated. 8)
We shall see if you say that, after we have met face to face! 8)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 09, 2018, 05:27:39 AM
We shall see if you say that, after we have met face to face! 8)
You have to find me first!
Fair enough.
Never met any of the posters.
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on August 07, 2018, 10:25:52 AM
Nice thread. I have met with Christo (my namesake and fellow Dutchman Johan), Herman, a fellow novelist I got to know on this board (!), Dundonnell (Colin), Brian, Knightxx (forget the number), André, Luke Ottevanger and Vandermolen (Jeffrey), and a John who sometimes appears on the Havergal Brian thread. I treasure the memories!
P.S. I started out with the moniker Jezetha.
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on May 09, 2009, 02:53:17 PM
Although I can't furnish you all with a telling picture, I just want to report I had a great evening with Brett Stewart (Catison). It was non-stop talking from 7 PM till past midnight, interrupted only by pizza, coffee and drink (hot chocolate for me, beer for Brett). An incredible amount of topics was touched, from Star Wars to Seinfeld, the merits of Bernard Herrmann vs. John Williams, Aquinas, G.M. Hopkins, Dutch history, brassbands in Texas, the wondrous world of GMG...
I have offered Brett to show him around Amsterdam, which we probably will do next weekend.
;)
Quote from: Christo on August 09, 2018, 08:27:33 AM
;)
Of course!!!!
Dumb of me. I still miss the guy living here in Delft!
P.S. FYI - my novel (part 1) will be published on 28 August (Nederhalfrond, Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek)...
Quote from: MN Dave on August 09, 2018, 05:28:16 AM
You have to find me first!
I know where to find you...in the shed!
Sarge
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on August 09, 2018, 08:40:49 AM
P.S. FYI - my novel (part 1) will be published on 28 August (Nederhalfrond, Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek)...
On the radar - will pre-order it with my local bookstore. Congrats! ;D
P.S. My next 'big' book (non fiction) is scheduled for 2020. 8)
Quote from: Christo on August 09, 2018, 01:25:30 PM
On the radar - will pre-order it with my local bookstore. Congrats! ;D
P.S. My next 'big' book (non fiction) is scheduled for 2020. 8)
Excellent (everything)!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 09, 2018, 12:59:40 PM
I know where to find you...in the shed!
Sarge
That's beautiful.
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on August 09, 2018, 08:40:49 AM
- my novel (part 1) will be published on 28 August (Nederhalfrond, Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek)...
Smashing!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 09, 2018, 12:59:40 PM
I know where to find you...in the shed!
Sarge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fq4wb7rOYY
Wishing you a big success, Johan ! :)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 09, 2018, 12:59:40 PM
I know where to find you...in the shed!
Sarge
Hi, Sarge! :)
Quote from: André on August 10, 2018, 03:54:30 AM
Wishing you a big success, Johan ! :)
Thanks, André!
(And Jeffrey and Marc)