Harrison Birtwistle

[Norfolk Born]

I'm sure many would echo the sentiment expressed in the first 10 words of your message.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Naughty, Norf!

[Orphical]

Quite

[Simon]

Beggin' yer parding, guvna, but isn't that rather like an enthusiast of Tristan und Isolde being told to make do with the Prelude and Liebestod and a production of Rienzi?

Not really. Any attempt to compare the vast musical genius of Wagner with the scratchings of Birtwistle is beyond rational comprehension.

[MrGongGong]

Not really. Any attempt to compare the vast musical genius of Wagner with the scratchings of Birtwistle is beyond rational comprehension.

Nurse, he's out of bed again

[jayne lee wilson]

Simon Rattle once said, about his great friend Alfred Brendel: "What you have to understand about Alfred is that, for him, apart from Purcell and The Mask of Orpheus, ALL English music is second-rate."

So, young Simon: Don't. Be. Silly.

Not really. Any attempt to compare the vast musical genius of Wagner with the scratchings of Birtwistle is beyond rational comprehension.

[John Skelton]

beyond rational comprehension.

How would you know?

[John Skelton]

Simon Rattle once said, about his great friend Alfred Brendel: "What you have to understand about Alfred is that, for him, apart from Purcell and The Mask of Orpheus, ALL English music is second-rate."

Alfred needs to listen to the Eton Choir Book, to John Dunstaple, to Walter Frye, to John Taverner, to Thomas Tallis, to William Byrd, to John Dowland, to William Lawes, to Brian Ferneyhough, to James Dillon, to Richard Barrett, to Christopher Fox, to Derek Bailey, to Evan Parker, to John Tilbury and plenty of others, before he pronounces . Wouldn't do Simon Rattle any harm to listen to something that isn't written by his very good friends, either .

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not really. Any attempt to compare the vast musical genius of Wagner with the scratchings of Birtwistle is beyond rational comprehension.

SIMON! Welcome back after so long a break. These Boards are so much the poorer without your comic genius.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Alfred needs to listen to the Eton Choir Book, to John Dunstaple, to Walter Frye, to John Taverner, to Thomas Tallis, to William Byrd, to John Dowland, to William Lawes, to Brian Ferneyhough, to James Dillon, to Richard Barrett, to Christopher Fox, to Derek Bailey, to Evan Parker, to John Tilbury and plenty of others, before he pronounces . Wouldn't do Simon Rattle any harm to listen to something that isn't written by his very good friends, either .