Posts from Senta in thread „The Members Chat Thread“

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    Hi Arthur,
    What illustration? Anyway I missed him.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Arthur,
    Achilles at Troy retired to his tent when he felt angy and offenced. May be we didd something wrong to Keith? :wacko:
    Regards,
    Senta

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    Originally posted by William T Brooks@Mar 3 2006, 11:53 PM
    Do Not Worry Girls, I will Protect You from this Wild Englishman!!! :headbonk:


    Chilibill :cowboy:

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    Hope so :rolleyes:

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    Hi Jay,
    Thank you for posting your article I read it with great interest and pleasure. It was an interesting programm I guess. I don't heard much of american music, it is not played very often in programmes here. Never heard this piece of Copland 'Billy the Kid" very interesting.
    I heard Bernstain many times in recordings and once live, also heve read a book of him, I think it was done after his radio programmes?
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Hi Jay,
    Thank you for information. So you attended the concert and may be write about it. If you write to your newspaper may be you share it with us.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    But if it will be only one in a week it will be very long waiting. But I'm looking forward with hope to read more of them, and watch again all that I have got in chronological order.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Hi Keith,
    Thank you very much for the link and new thread about Iwo Jima. I was worrying that it will be long waiting. The thread about The Big Trail has very interesting turns and information.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Hi Keith,
    They are selling films too? I'm thinking about joining them, but I can do it only after Christmas and all holidays. I find The Big Trail at e-bay and place a bet, so we'll see, may be I will get it this way. The early Dukes films was not my first task, but if you will review them in chronological order I must change my mind about that. My first film in chronological order is Riders of Destiny, and if you will review one in a week it will be pretty long wait to get to something familiar. But I'm patient. Anyway I'm sick now with Sands of Iwo Jima and fell in love to Striker. But there is no thread devoted to it. Its a pity.
    All the best,
    Vera

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    Hi Arthur,
    Thank you for the question. It is interesting and I'm really didn't think that way. I thought it rather looks like some romantic material like Charles Meturin's (not sure that spelling is correct) Melmouth or Flying Hollander. And that idea of saving cursed captain soul by womans love it is all romantic.
    The noir seems to me as something disillusioning by dark sides of life. But the final of that film when the souls of Captain and Agelicue are together is all romantic. I like the film - it is very interesting and unsualal, even if it is rather strange film (the ideas that lays upon it is unusual for the movies) and it is of course not usual film for Duke - it seems for me that he was not often playing demonic figures, but he is exellent in that part.
    And that dialoge with Angelicue, when he spoke about sea and freedom and ship very high spirited, not that plain language...
    It is interesting to compare that film with others. It happens that during a week I received 7 Dukes films that I never saw before. And amoung them The Long Voyage Home the whole antitese to the romantic look at the sea.
    Regards,
    Senta

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    Hi Smokey,
    I didn't mind the weather when I received so many great Dukes movies. Today came by post The Wake of the Red Witch and Back to Bataan.
    Regards,
    Senta

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    Hi Smokey,
    Unfortunatly all snow is gone after rain. And now it is very dark days until December 22 - the darkest and shortest day. After that it will be better.
    But Dukes movies enlightened my heart, I received 5 of them recently.
    Regards,
    Senta

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    Hi Carl,
    Thank you for your tea comments. When I will be in London (hope so one day) I shall try to pick that Westminster tea.
    Regards,
    Senta

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    Hi Keith,
    I too like Earl Grey. China Gunpowder is good too, it is one of the green teas. But I never heard about Westminster teas. We haven't them here. Are they flavoured?
    We drink a lot of tea here. Not only at Five o'clock, but all day long.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Originally posted by Jay J. Foraker@Nov 17 2005, 06:21 PM
    Hi Keith -
    I think Vera & I scared them off with our music dialogue!!! :lol:
    Cheers - Jay :D

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    Hi Keith and Jay,
    I had the same thing in mind. :) But I thought that you created this thread for more free speaking and discussing things, what ever we want.
    Excuse me if I was too boring.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Originally posted by Jay J. Foraker@Nov 15 2005, 11:46 PM
    Vera - I think Mahler is a special case among composers. His music is so extensive in emotion - one minute the music is so childlike, the next it is storming the heavens or in the depths of despair or, next, full of rapture. Parody lies along side of ecstasy. If people listen with at least half an ear, I don't think they can fail to be caught up in his musical world. He did say that "my music is the world," and I think music lovers have found him to be right.
    Cheers - Jay :D

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    Hi Jay,
    Great comment about Mahler! It is all true.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Hi Jay,
    I think you are right about composers, but with Mahler for instance another thing happened with me. When I first hear his music (it was 2) I feel like I hear my native language, that I knew, when I was a child and when had fogotten. So I became faschinated with that music, try to find recordings and so on.
    About russian music I feel that I understand it better, because of cultural background, and I feel if the interpretation of it by foreigh musician is wrong. But sometimes it is wonderful. I remember how Georg Sholty played Chaikovsky in concert.
    I heard Vadim Repin many times here, he was a child prodegee, but now not a great violinist. Thank you for information about St.Petersburg Philharmonic. It is interesting to me to hear how Baltimore Orchestra sounded with Temirkanov (never heard it).
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Originally posted by Jay J. Foraker@Nov 15 2005, 01:47 AM
    Hi Vera - that must have been Stravinsky's "The Fairy's Kiss." Along with works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich - that sounds like a stirring program. Our own orchestra opened its season with the Shostakovich symphony.
    I have a great fondness for the works of the Russian composers. There is a very rich tradition of music from your country.
    Cheers - Jay :D

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    Hi Jay,
    Of course "The Fairy's Kiss", thank you. What Shostakovich symphony your orchestra played? here most of them played often, because our Philharmonic Hall named after him, and he lived here, and there are still many people who knew him well and his son a very often around (he is a conductor).
    I like Shostakovich, but in the whole I don't like russian music very much, I prefer when our orchestra plays non'russian programmes it is always more interesting for me.
    If you want I can send to you some interesting recordings done by Temirkanov or Mravinsky (I hear him live also in his last years). I would like to know your opinion.


    Hi Keith,
    You always make me laugh. But speaking about music is of course more interesting when flirting, and much more safe.


    I remember your advises, Smokey, thanks.
    Regards,
    Vera

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    Originally posted by Jay J. Foraker@Nov 14 2005, 09:15 PM
    Hi Vera -
    Just curious - what was on the program Temirkanov conducted? Always a high point is hearing a Mahler symphony in concert. We had Mahler's First performed here by the San Antonio Symphony a few weeks ago, but due to circumstances, I was unable to attend.
    Cheers - Jay :D

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    Hi Jay,
    It is always hard to translate the titles in english, I had to find them or try to explain. At November,13 it was Stravinsky THe .... kiss (you must know the missed word or I shall add it later), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Shostakovitch, 5 th. All sounded great.
    At 18 it will be two Prokofiev pieces I don't know translation to english either, but it is on fairy tales and Mahler,4.
    There is much russian music in programmes, because the orchestra with Temirkanov goes to Paris and London at 19.
    Regards,
    Vera