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Is Elgar a guilty pleasure?

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OrmIrian · 29/05/2007 11:58

Because I feel a bit awkward liking his music. I love the cello concerto and Sea Pictures and Enigma etc and don't care if it is a bit over-emotional. But on Saturday I took DS#1 and DD to see the Bournemouth Symphony Orch. version of the Last Night of the Proms. I am always on the look out for accessible live classical music for them and they enjoyed it. But then we started on the Pomp and Circumstance and the flag waving and I felt so uncomfortable. Not really my kind of thing at all.

Is Elgar generally a bad thing?

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jura · 30/05/2007 11:29

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suzycreamcheese · 30/05/2007 11:30

OP..just enjoy his music i think its sublime..

i ignore all the union jack waving shit

i cant wait to ds to live concerts..what age are your kids??

i too find that offensive but would never let them put meoff it

dont know much about elgar am intrigued to find out

harpsichordcarrier · 30/05/2007 11:42

CONSIDER my cat Jeffrey
and Nimrod the mighy hunter

OrmIrian · 30/05/2007 12:00

suzy - my kids are 8 and 10. I've been taking them to concerts for about 18 months (that's only 4 concerts in all mind you). I am soooo determined that amongst all the other types of wall-to-wall music that you can't avoid listening to even if you wanted to, they will develop some appreciation of classical music. And live classical music, in front of a full orchestra is a whole different ball game to CDs. So I pick out the most accessible - incl family concerts - so they won't get bored and turn off completely. It helps that we have to drive to Bristol at night and they get to stay up till 11

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suzycreamcheese · 30/05/2007 12:10

ohhh i dont think dh will wait til then he's champing at the bit to take ds ...he's only 3!

had seen a few kids at rfh with parents but yeh they were older than 3!...
i agree..lots of live music..lots of kinds of music...kids just soak it up i think...

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tortoiseSHELL · 30/05/2007 12:25

Christopher Smart who wrote Jubilate Agno went to my school!!!! He wrote our school song I think...it's almost as strange as Jubilate Agno!

tortoiseSHELL · 30/05/2007 12:25

If you go through the whole poem it is ever more surreal. For example he goes through all the numbers, and at one he says 'For hurrah, it is my birthday!'.

Marina · 30/05/2007 12:41

Wendy Cope's pastiche of My Cat Jeoffrey is lovely too
"for he says that Arsenal are boring and defensive"
Christopher Smart comes from a long and proud line of barking British poets

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