If you were to make a foursome for dinner with three famous (living) people from the world of music, whom would you invite?
Rules ----It should be a 'foursome' ie one of the same se x and two of the opposite s ex to yourself.

I put mine in as Alfred Brendel, Tasmin Little and Joanne McGregor.

Interesting idea... mine would be more from the rock genre...

Paul Rodgers, Roger Chapman (both terrific singers) and Suzi Quatro - she's grerat on Radio 2.

Do we have to add what we would have to eat - does the food have to link in ?

Well we could suggest a menu as well ! Your tastes are obviously quite different to mine, in musicians at least!
So to eat I'd start with Confit of duck, then a slow roasted lamb shank with a rosemary flavoured gravy, maybe Creme Brulee as a dessert.

We'd start with Devil Gate Kidneys, Chili con Carne for main course, and pavlova (my favourite) for desert - and it would all be 'Alright Now'!

Well, id have to choose...
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Georges Sokol
and the Conductor of the Halle Orchestra.

Wed have..

Curry Fish Cakes (they sound terrible, but theyre delish.)
Half a crispy chicken with home made BBQ sauce..
Cherry pie

I'm having real trouble thinking of my third guest...the first two were easy...I'm tempted to a recorderist for my fourth, so I could get a quick lesson from them...

Stevie Nicks, Philip Glass and...oh...erm...I know, Hugh Laurie (hey, he plays in a band, so I'm going to count him as a musician!)

I have no idea what we'd eat, it'd probably involve yorkshire pudding at some point, pancakes at another, and there would have to be chocolate.

Philip Glass, good Lord, do your really like his music or just him ??
You need to make a foursome so you need another female!

(PS I am driving to B. Stortford this afternoon, my daughter lives in Thorley Park, hope the weather is better than it is here!)

Oh, I thought I was the fourth person, i.e. three guests. And as I'm female I invite 1 other female (Stevie - ah, did you think she was male?) and two males (Philip and Hugh).

I do honestly really like Philip Glass' music. I've not done any of the opera stuff yet - opera in general is not really my bag - but the symphonies, string quartets, soundtracks, etc I do like.

Well, I'd go out for a meal with Delta Goodrem, Jonny Wilkinson (he plays the guitar and piano, so I'll count him in as a muscian!) and Will Martin!! If only!!

Hmm, interesting...
Well, if I was going folk-y, it would have to be Anna Esslemont, Cormac Byrne and Seth Lakeman - all amazing folk musicians who I think I could learn alot from and would be interesting to talk to. Anna Esslemont is also one of my all-time heros.

Oooooh, oooooooh!

I want Lea Salonga, Hugh Panaro and Michael Crawford. Ahhh...Phantom...

All fantastic actors/singers.

Ok so mine are all from musical theatre, does that matter?

Idina Menzel, John Barrowman, Oliver Tompsett (OMG Fiyero so so so so hot)

But his understudy is hotter

So mine would be: Murray Gold, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Kerry Ellis

hmm...

Sting, Jools Holland and Eric Clapton me thinks

I was hoping you would all want to have dinner with classical musicians when I started this thread !

I'd be very happy with Angela Hewitt, Mark Padmore and Charles Makerras.

Name-drop time! I got to play in a concert with Tamsin Little & the Orchestra of the Swan 2 Fridays ago in Stratford... she's lovely!We played Vaughan Williams' Concerto grosso - she also played The Lark Ascending...

You need chastising !, you told us to do so if caught posting whilst doing A2's !
And I do think its Tasmin Little no Tamsin !

David Smith - from BBC YM '08 (;

and i don't realy know who else :| HAHA.

Emma Johnson, Andrew LLoyd Webber and maybe Myleene Klass.

I don't think I'd care what the food was...

Hmm, I know I'm a girl, but I want two females - so I'd invite two!

Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, and then Anthony Rapp as well - and the gender mix would be ok, cause everyone would know each other and it'd be more of an informal dinner with friends (plus one mad fan).

I don't know what we'd eat though...

Dorado Schmitt (a gypsy violinist/guitarist), Maxim Vengerov and Anna Netrebko. That would be fun!

Three and half years on since I started this thread, and we have many new members.

So lets start again.

If you were to choose three dinner guests to make a foursome ( ie. one of you own gender and two of the opposite) from the field of classical music, whom would you choose ?

Im changing mine now, Id go for Angela Hewitt, Alfred Brendel, and Emma Johnson.

BB was at the same nursery as Tasmin's daughter. We had lunch a few times and I knew she was a musician but I didn't know she was a famous musician!