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WCT February 9-13
pwhodges:
Nostalgia coincidence! Yesterday I dug out my recording of the only time my son performed Liszt's piano arrangement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, nearly twelve years ago. It didn't make me think of Canada, though.
Bushbr:
funny how last week was all drama and this week it all seems sumwat superficial in comparison
Mr. Skawronska:
Yeah! Just like life.
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Border Reiver:
But still funny.
Seriously, does no one lock the doors? People just seem to be walking in and out.
JReynolds:
If anybody is looking for Canada in classical music, Mozart is good. The beginning of Act II of The Magic Flute ('March of the Priests') sounds a lot like the opening of 'O Canada'. If you're going to steal, steal from the best. Also, in Cosi Fan Tutte (also by Mozart), two of the male characters sing "You won't find two better guys if you look from here to Canada!"
Rossini has a character in his opera La Cambiale di Matrimonio who is actually from Canada-- he's a cloddish dolt who has contracted to marry the heroine. Naturally, the hero and heroine are able to circumvent this, and all ends happily.
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