Ill wind - Flanders and Swann
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Uploaded by hawkmoon03111951 on Mar 28, 2009
British duo who performed a two man revue between 1956 and 1967.
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I can hum this! I've been practising since I was six. My Rondo Allegro Vivacci is only foiled by my neighbours who constantly beg me to stop.
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Mozart's music suits the human voice.
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The cadenza at about 3 mins reminds me of Dennis Brain's but I cannot find his recording to check it!
At the time Brain's was the definitive recording of this, and the other Mozart horn concerti.
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There will never be another.
The Tuba threat was not an idle one, as these guys were friends with Gerard Hoffnung and Swann wrote "Two Moods For Tuba" for him.
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"Tutti" gets me every time, no matter how many times I hear it!!
And also the cadenza section at the end. Very very clever.
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So this is what 'Armstrong and Miller' were doing a parody of!
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@MsSoundguy It's like listening to the William Tell Overture without thinking about the Lone Ranger...
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F&S comic pieces are beautifully polished little gems. Something went out of English popular culture after the 60s - it was intelligence!
8 months ago 3
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@shoppinfrenzipookie Massively!
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@DifferentGirl3 good luck, its a funny song, and I wish you luck for whenever that is.
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I think that it is a reverential parody and that they are probably quite the fan of these chaps. I reckon most modern watchers of comedy have no idea who Flanders and Swann are.
This is a brilliant song, my favourite F&S.
Angustein 2 years ago 27
My Horn teacher played it to me a few years ago, when I was learning the Concerto for a grade exam. I can't hear it now without thinking of Flanders & Swann's wonderful take on it :)
And I agree with Angustein, A & M's parodies are definitely meant affectionately - I would have said they're almost a tribute rather than a parody. Certainly they introduced a lot of people to F & S who would otherwise never have heard of them so they aren't exactly doing them a disservice, are they? :)
jobeystar 2 years ago 15