You had good cellists to pick from, then... :)
They don't get any respect, and if they spend most
of their lives grinding out the bass line of the
Kanon, they might lose it for themselves.
I'd hope they'd find a way to get gigs that were better than that, at
least for a good portion of their performing... ;) Most of the cellists
If someone says, I'll give you $100 to play Kanon,
what do you do? In about 6 weeks I get to play
Fiddler on the Roof; I said yes purely for the dough.
I've known (friends and family), tended to find venues, even if
performing gratis, that let them play more interesting music than
that... church groups, family chamber groups, and so forth... :)
Despite my recent history, I'm not accustomed to
rubbing elbows with people who perform gratis.
My gigs were more interesting, and I called real music, and
also if I charged a client 500 bucks, each person
would get 125; whereas by the union rules prevailing
at the time, the others would get 83, and the contractor
would get 250 (a full share as contractor and two shares
for being the performing leader).
I'm glad you were more equitable with your musicians than the normal...
They were as well; not so much my landlords.
The second call cellist
was that self-effacing dame I might have mentioned who
once asked her husband to drive up to the concert hall
in Toronto to hear a concert, and it turned out she was
soloing the Saint-Saens concerto with the Buffalo Phil.
She hadn't even told him....?
He knew she taught at SUNY-Buff and played in the
Philharmonic but was not overly concerned with the
details. He himself was not an intellectual nor
very artistique.
Did you mention what the piece was? If so I apologize
for forgetting; wasn't it something for recorder and
discontinuo (not my joke; Peter Schickele's I think).
I don't think I specifically named it... It's Greensleeves to a round,
by Anon. (XVII cent).... :) for descant/soprano recorder and
Greenfleeves. Isn't that a pretty unlikely title for a fong?
It's a well-known folksong, after all (like La Follia), that lends
That's a Flanders & Swann reference. I quote them
often when I don't have any G&S on the tip of my
tongue.
itself to variations... ;) This version had 14 variations... and the
tune was nicely distributed between the three players... I had it in the right hand a couple of times, and there were a couple more that it was
in the continuo line, so even the cellist had a shot at it... ;) It was
a fun piece to play... :)
I hope you enjoyed the performing.
continuo... I think you're right, there's at least one P.D.Q. Bach piece for something and discontinuo.... ;) Hopefully we'll be more continuo than dis... ;) The show is tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 pm... we're
meeting for a practice at 11:30 up at church, first time with Eliot... I think we'll do creditably... :)
I knew a kid by that name. Played the cello, too.
Coincidence, no doubt... (G) We did pretty well.... at least we weren't embarressed by our performance, and lots of people thought we did
great... ;)
I always take the well wishing with a grain of
salt. Sometimes I use too much salt.
There's to be a wide variety of different talents displayed... Lydia and
I saw the program when we went up to church to practice tonight... they were laid out already.... :)
Anything else interesting?
A wide variety of things... a 4-5 year old did a karate exhibition, and actually broke the board at the end... cute kid... Eliot accompanied one
We had a classmate who was a professional martial
arts instructor, a high-degree black belt in all
sorts of disciplines, and at one of our reunions
he got up in Sanders Theater and attempted to break
a certain absurd number of bricks stacked on each
other; all that happened was he messed up his hand.
of our teens with a Piano Guys song (A Thousand Years, I think it was called)... Eliot also accompanied (along with a guitarist) our pastor
who sang a Christian pop song... he used his electric bass guitar for
that one... Some of the kids got together to perform the Who's On First skit.... One of the adult males did a martial arts demonstration (I
It's surprising that kids have been introduced to
that skit; makes one feel better about the world.
It would be better if they learned the Constitution,
but at lest it's a start.
think he might actually teach some of that at a studio)... A young lady
And did better than my classmate, no doubt!
who teaches physics at MCC gave a mini-lecture on special relativity and
the speed of light... quite entertainingly, too, I might add... she kept
the audience's attention, and had them laughing at the proper points...
Most interesting.
and I think there were a few that actually went up to her afterwards to
get more information... Along with kids doing piano, ballet, guitar, mandolin, recitations, etc, at various levels of competence... Whole
program lasted about an hour and a half... at which time we went
downstairs to look at exhibits of photography, needle work, painting, a dinasaur display (put together by another 4-5 year-old), jewelry, and
other crafts, along with the culinary arts I mentioned a couple of days ago... also for refreshments of various sorts...
A good variety variety show.
Beating up on oneself can be okay if it's not too
brutal.
Actually, I try not to beat up on myself... usually.... (G)
Rule one: No tipping in Germany. "Make no marks."
Right. :)
... Everyone is ignorant. It just depends on the subject.
Yeah, well. There's this big issue with people
pontificating on a subject and being listened to
on the strength of their being good at something
altogether else.
True... Some listeners know better than to accept that.... ;)
And many don't. Critical thinking is called
for again.
Nancy Reagan's m0nkey bread
So, I left out the place in the recipe itself where you didn't change
the o to a 0... lest it become mx'ed... ;)
What a stupid language!
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01
Title: Pate Aux Poireaux (Leek Tart)
Categories: Vegetables, Desserts, Cheese/eggs, Breads, Ethnic
Yield: 6 servings
6 tb Butter 1 Egg
4 Leeks; up to 5 2 tb Light cream
-finely chopped 1 c White cheddar
cheese;mild
1/2 c -Water -grated
2 tb Flour;all purpose Pastry for 9 inch
tart shell
-Salt & ground black pepper
Pate aux Poireaux
This leek and cheese quiche from Ile d'Orleans is related to the Flamiche
aux poireuax, a savory leek tart made in northern Franch and Flanders.
The
same recipe can also be used to make small tarts.
Heat 4 tablespoons of the butter in a heavy saucepan, add leeks and
cook
over low heat for 10 minutes. Add water, cover and simmer gently for 20
to
25 minutes or until tender.
In another saucepan, melt the remaining two tablespoons butter, blend
in
flour and cook over medium heat until bubbling. Blend in leek mixture,
bring to a boil and season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
Beat egg and cream together, blend with leek mixture and pour into
unbaked tart shell. Sprinkle top evenly with cheese. Bake in preheated
400F
oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until cheese begins to brown. SERVES: 6
SOURCE: _A Taste of Quebec_ by Julian Armstrong
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