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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

A while ago a newspaper asked for suggestions for concert titles similar to 'Mostly Mozart' that would feature other classical composers.

My favorite entry was 'Often Offenbach'.

What suggestions do other shippies have?

Moo

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

A concert held at the local mall: Shopping with Chopin.

Posted by Kyzyl (# 374) on :

Two day concert of works by a certain composer... Bach to Bach

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

Concert at the Cafe. Coffee, Tea and Tchaikovsky

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

A brief lunchtime recital (piano and Lieder):

Shortly Schubert.

Posted by Caissa (# 16710) on :

Liszt List

Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :

Appropriately Buddhist-y...

Empty Glass

[ 17. June 2013, 15:18: Message edited by: Stetson ]

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

The Funky Gibbons

Sublime Tudor music with terrible fashion

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

Cocktail Seixas?

Or perhaps an Indian string quartet: Haydn Sikhs.

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

For a festival covering the whole family:

Bach to Bach

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

For a popular evening of Italian opera (sung in English):

The Joe Green Hour: Songs of Love and Passion.

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

Very good!
I gather they had problems with a trilogy of concerts by a celebrated American minimalist- the First and Second Reich Concerts were OK, but then they decided that that was probably enough....

So they put on a concert by another C20 US composer instead, on a Friday night:

Barber Offers Something for the Weekend

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Get a handle on Handel.

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :

I'm Backing Britten

(which I am almost old enough to remember...)

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[ 18. June 2013, 15:23: Message edited by: Ariston ]

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

I do remember it ... and in this part of the world we're getting Britten almost rammed down our throats just now.

What about "In London Town"?

"Cockaigne" overture by Elgar, "Knightsbridge" by Eric Coates and the "Hammersmith Suite" by Holst. Then, after the interval, Vaughan Williams' "London Symphony".

I'm sure we could fit in the Strand somewhere too!

Bet it's been done - at the Proms, for instance. But perhaps we're getting a bit too serious and detailed!

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

I think you're groping for Percy Grainger's Handel in the Strand to round off your programme

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

That's the one!

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

How about "Handel with Care"?

Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
How about "Handel with Care"?

GROAN!!!!

Posted by Caissa (# 16710) on :

Hadyn pianist, if we are going to continue with the puns.

Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Concert at the Cafe. Coffee, Tea and Tchaikovsky

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

A Little Swimming Lesson - Strauss's "Blue Danube", Debussy's "La Mer", Smetana's "Vltava", extracts from Bizet's "Pearl Fishers" - not to mention "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (?Coates) as an encore.

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

"Get Orff My Land!"

Posh local landowner prevents teenagers from congregating in the grounds of his home with Carmina Burana.

Bonus points for anyone who can do something with Rimsky-Korsakov.

Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
Bonus points for anyone who can do something with Rimsky-Korsakov.

Well, it's not much, but for starters,

A Course of Rimsky-Korsakov

Maybe a dinner concert?

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

For Cockney drinkers: An Evening of Brahms and Liszt [Big Grin]

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

If you happen to be putting on a concert in Diss: An Evening of Bliss - with apologies to Sir John Betjeman .

Posted by mark_in_manchester (# 15978) on :

A friend went to see a jazz band a while back, who played a game rather similar to this with the audience over the interval. Extra constraints were to stay in the jazz genre, and maximise local connections (to Manchester).

We continued long after the event - amongst the best were 'an evening with Stan Denton, Art Blakely and Swinton Marsallis'. [Big Grin]

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Moo:

My favorite entry was 'Often Offenbach'.

"Often Bach" would be quite amusing.

Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :

The Buxtehude stops here? or better

The Bach stops here

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

Welcome to Bradford - a multimedia event with music by Delius, readings from J.B.Priestley, and projections of Hockney pictures.

Posted by Stumbling Pilgrim (# 7637) on :

The choral society I sing in (well, 'sing' is a generous description, but they haven't thrown me out yet) has in recent years actually done a 'Mainly Mozart', followed in quick succession by a 'Fundamentally French' (Faure, Poulenc) and a 'Basically Brahms' ('German Requiem' and some anthems). Oh, and a 'Principally Purcell' (Dido and Aeneas). We await next year with interest ...

Posted by Stumbling Pilgrim (# 7637) on :

quote:
Originally posted by The5thMary:

quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
How about "Handel with Care"?
GROAN!!!!

Sorry, double post - one of the churches in our circuit has a sign on the organ that says 'I'm a musician - I can Handel it!'

Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Stumbling Pilgrim:
The choral society I sing in (well, 'sing' is a generous description, but they haven't thrown me out yet) has in recent years actually done a 'Mainly Mozart', followed in quick succession by a 'Fundamentally French' (Faure, Poulenc) and a 'Basically Brahms' ('German Requiem' and some anthems). Oh, and a 'Principally Purcell' (Dido and Aeneas). We await next year with interest ...

Totally Tallis?
Entirely Elgar?
Victims of Wagner?

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

My granddaughter is being taken to the Tiddly Proms, which I think is a wonderful name for introducing young children to classical music!

In Cheltenham a similar idea is being launched, under the title of Lilliput Concerts.

Perhaps they will have some Mini Mozart, Hand-high Handel, Teeny Tippett, Baby Beethoven, etc?

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Wonderful Walton, but Vitriolic Wagner.

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

Xenophobic Xenakis, perhaps (One hopes not!)

Or Suomilly Sibelius (not too sure about that one).

Posted by Beardybard (# 17737) on :

A Bag of Pipes

Scottish orchestra at its finest

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Welcome to Bradford - a multimedia event with music by Delius, readings from J.B.Priestley, and projections of Hockney pictures.

To complete the experience, I hope there's a jolly good curry in the interval ... [Big Grin]

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

... served on a bed of Yorkshire pudding!

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