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post Jun 11 2012, 07:13 AM
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QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Jun 10 2012, 10:37 PM) *

I just came across this and thought of Baz Louise...

http://www.fieldcandy.com/

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Or, if you'd prefer something a little more solid ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gal...012-in-pictures



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post Jun 11 2012, 04:51 PM
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grr BBC iplayer radio keeps freezing. Bet I know why too.
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post Jun 11 2012, 05:14 PM
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The BBC will probably do a good job on the Olympics. Certainly, they'll be better than Channel 4's effort at the World Athletics Championships last year...


Or the BBC and the European Ice Skating Championships which were held in Sheffield.....
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post Jun 11 2012, 06:10 PM
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The BBC will probably do a good job on the Olympics. Certainly, they'll be better than Channel 4's effort at the World Athletics Championships last year...


Or the BBC and the European Ice Skating Championships which were held in Sheffield.....


Oh dear! I missed this : did it involve the BBC saying 'look, skaters. With skates on. Cor, that ice must be a bit chilly'...?

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post Jun 11 2012, 06:28 PM
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The BBC will probably do a good job on the Olympics. Certainly, they'll be better than Channel 4's effort at the World Athletics Championships last year...


Or the BBC and the European Ice Skating Championships which were held in Sheffield.....


Oh dear! I missed this : did it involve the BBC saying 'look, skaters. With skates on. Cor, that ice must be a bit chilly'...?

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No, it involved a few hours on the red button (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
And highlights one night on BBC2 (I think it was a 5 day thing). I know quite a few people who went and they said it was good. At least I got pictures!
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post Jun 11 2012, 11:21 PM
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The BBC will probably do a good job on the Olympics. Certainly, they'll be better than Channel 4's effort at the World Athletics Championships last year...


Or the BBC and the European Ice Skating Championships which were held in Sheffield.....


Oh dear! I missed this : did it involve the BBC saying 'look, skaters. With skates on. Cor, that ice must be a bit chilly'...?

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Did they say, 'That triple salchow was iconic! Now let's go to Tess Daly who is having a go at standing up on a puddle of ice!'???

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post Jun 13 2012, 01:19 PM
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What exactly is the attraction of La Folia that so many composers wrote things based upon it?? Almost the most tedious things I ever heard
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post Jun 13 2012, 04:00 PM
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What exactly is the attraction of La Folia that so many composers wrote things based upon it?? Almost the most tedious things I ever heard

It's a very simple and commonly-used harmonic pattern, which means it's an easy base from which to derive any number of different variations.

Downside of being simple and commonly-used is that it can become tedious quickly.....
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I'm reading a book on anti-gravity and I can't put it down.
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QUOTE(corenfa @ Jun 13 2012, 02:19 PM) *

What exactly is the attraction of La Folia that so many composers wrote things based upon it?? Almost the most tedious things I ever heard

It's a very simple and commonly-used harmonic pattern, which means it's an easy base from which to derive any number of different variations.

Downside of being simple and commonly-used is that it can become tedious quickly.....


Maybe it's just that Radio 3 plays too many things based on it.

But they're still not THE most tedious thing I've ever heard which was the Khachaturian violin concerto, which I've had the misfortune of having to play in orchestra.
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I'm reading a book on anti-gravity, and I just can't put it down.



QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jun 13 2012, 08:37 PM) *

I'm reading a book on anti-gravity and I can't put it down.


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QUOTE(corenfa @ Jun 13 2012, 02:19 PM) *

What exactly is the attraction of La Folia that so many composers wrote things based upon it?? Almost the most tedious things I ever heard

It's a very simple and commonly-used harmonic pattern, which means it's an easy base from which to derive any number of different variations.

Downside of being simple and commonly-used is that it can become tedious quickly.....


Maybe it's just that Radio 3 plays too many things based on it.

But they're still not THE most tedious thing I've ever heard which was the Khachaturian violin concerto, which I've had the misfortune of having to play in orchestra.

I tend to think the Elgar violin concerto has a movement too many.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

At the time of La Folia, using a ground bass or an ostinato bass was popular as a musical form for writing/performing divisions - what we'd call variations. Several grounds were well-known and well-used, of which La Folia is one, Greensleeves was another.
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post Jun 14 2012, 07:50 AM
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QUOTE(stetenorve @ Jun 9 2012, 11:42 PM) *

I'm reading a book on anti-gravity, and I just can't put it down.



QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jun 13 2012, 08:37 PM) *

I'm reading a book on anti-gravity and I can't put it down.


Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Indeed - apologies.
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Thinking that Classic FM really shouldn't have "We Buy Any Car" music interrupting the bliss calm that followed the Allegri Miserere...
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QUOTE(stetenorve @ Jun 9 2012, 11:42 PM) *

I'm reading a book on anti-gravity, and I just can't put it down.

QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jun 13 2012, 08:37 PM) *

I'm reading a book on anti-gravity and I can't put it down.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Indeed - apologies.

That sounds like one of those occasions when something lodges in your mind but you don't register it consciously.
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