...my piece about him was in today's Independent.
The Indy also ran a very good read the other day - stars pick their musical nightmares. Mostly pop, but some intriguing points. For instance, nobody gives as their ultimate hell 'listening to classical music'. Rather they pick on a few appalling pop groups and teen trends, anti-social levels of volume, one or two old-time rockers and the annoyance of mobile phone noises. Only one singled out jazz.
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Sorry about the extremely late posting here. I wonder what you thought of Stormin' Norman's piece where he uses Sibelius to bash Elgar. I love Sibelius to death, but what is Lebrecht's point in knocking down Elgar and being such a constant nay-sayer?
By the way, Nokia might rate slightly higher than Moomins, even if kids like Moomins more...
Odd, I agree, but not the first time one composer has been used to bash another whose music was none of his business. Poor old Schubert used to get a lot of shtick simply because he wasn't Beethoven.
I prefer the Moomins to Nokia because the Moomins didn't make mobile phones. That silly Nokia tune is always going off in concerts & irritates the hell out of everyone.
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