Antony Hopkins - Happy Birthday!

[mercia]

someone's thrown a spammer in the works

[amateur51]

This CD was recorded & released to celebrate Antony Hopkins' birthday

http://www.divine-art.co.uk/CD/21217info.htm

[Don Petter]

And here are five to bring back memories!

http://hopkins.eavb.co.uk/

(Plus another on iTunes, it seems, for those teenie-boppers. )

[amateur51]

And here are five to bring back memories!

http://hopkins.eavb.co.uk/

(Plus another on iTunes, it seems, for those teenie-boppers. )

What a wonderful find - many thanks Don!

[Thropplenoggin]

And here are five to bring back memories!

http://hopkins.eavb.co.uk/

(Plus another on iTunes, it seems, for those teenie-boppers. )

Does anyone know how long these lectures are? I'm interested in the ones on Beethoven and Mozart.

[Don Petter]

Does anyone know how long these lectures are? I'm interested in the ones on Beethoven and Mozart.

They are taken from 45rpm discs, so at a guess about 15 minutes? At only £1 a go, not expensive to find out.

[Thropplenoggin]

They are taken from 45rpm discs, so at a guess about 15 minutes? At only £1 a go, not expensive to find out.

Thanks!

[JFLL]

And here are five to bring back memories!

http://hopkins.eavb.co.uk/

(Plus another on iTunes, it seems, for those teenie-boppers. )

Thanks very much, Don -- I was about to post something similar, having just received the Beulah email. I've just downloaded them and they are all about 15 minutes. Apparently they were recorded on EPs in the late 50s, so I wonder whether they were abridged from the original Third Programme talks to fit onto an EP? I seem to remember the talks were longer than that -- perhaps half-an-hour? -- but memory can easily play false on these matters. Still, it’s wonderful to have them, and having just heard Ms Derham murder the pronunciation of Schumann’s Märchenbilder on the Lunchtime Concert, a welcome reminder of when professionalism still reigned.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I seem to remember the talks were longer than that -- perhaps half-an-hour? -- but memory can easily play false on these matters.

His Radio 4 Talking Abouts were half-an-hour long, certainly JFLL - I have about six on cassette somewhere in the house! Gently passionate, full of insights, communicative and focussed on the Music not his own reputation, they were excellent programmes.

IIRC (!) these shorter talks were also re-released on CfP in the mid-70s?

[Don Petter]

I also have just downloaded them, and the five make up a nice CD of 75 minutes, which I am much looking forward to hearing.