Tony M

Accrington Stanley? Who are they?

Thank you. Twas a fav day. Time with family, a bit of ⛳️, a bit of 🎶, a bit of 🍺 and a special dram.

That's good to know. It gratified me to know I shared my birthday with both he and the Bard.

Has he actually said that? You do have insider dealing laws, don't you?

I discovered last week that Bernard Herrmann conducted the pit orchestras for the BBC TV shows The Good Old Days and Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

You do in Denmark. Please help us in the UK.

Regrettably, death is no longer a tax-deductible status.

Ooh. I don't have that version.

..."we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands."
[Douglas Adams]

Music Matters - Satire and the Stave - Parody, Homage and Pastiche - BBC Sounds Chris Addison explores how composers have long used music as a tool for satire and parody.

One last time. Here’s something for your commute/gardening session/while the jury are deliberating. Eps are dropping off BBC Sounds now. Get ’em while you can.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It looks like his replacement trousers (pants) have had an argument with his shoes.

Saturday #vinylnight on its 100th anniversary, the sumptuous Respighi Pines of Rome

Saturday #vinylnight with a piece first performed on 13th December 1895. So I'm a day late with the anniversary.

You look great. What's the programme?

Previn's Turangalila was my gateway to Messiaen, and is still my favourite version of the five I now own.
The Tashi Quartet for the end of time is another treasured possession.
But I too place the Eclairs sur au-dela from Chung at the top of my list. Ecstatic sound.

I love it, a cherished vinyl of mine.

Third movement of Shostakovich 5th symphony. This slow, unresolved crossed dissonances in the strings just get me every time.
Then VW 5, of course.

Seconded. Best comic writer since Douglas Adams.

Nice. I have tje Loughran no. 1 on vinyl, but it doesn't have anything else as filler. I haven't listened to it in a while. Must fix that.

Just in time for lunch.

Yes. I intend to reread mine in 2025. Another retirement project.

Nothing. We were holding out for you to arrive.

Nicely put. An aural tsunami?

Hi Anjali! Fancy seeing you here?

Hello, new platform, I'm Tony.
Married with three grown-up offspring.
Recently retired from playing with other people's money.
Enjoy reading, hiking, golf, snooker, and listening to music, mostly classical.
Massive fan of Douglas Adams, Sibelius, Shostakovich, and Rush (the band).

1. Shostakovich 10
2. Sibelius 5
3. Beethoven 7
4. Mahler 10 (DC)
5. Vaughan Williams 5
6. Nielsen 4
7. Brahms 2
8. Weinberg 3
9. Messiaen Turangalila
10. Elgar 2
11. Honegger 3
12. Berio Sinfonia
13. Bruckner 7
14. Bliss Colour
15. Ives 2

A dangerous admission!

Ooh, nice intro. Are we meant to do one of these? It's like first day in school or therapy group?