[Magdalen] Music memories

[Jim Guthrie]

From: Scott Knitter

>I should redeem myself for off-topicness by posting this. It redeems
>Gabriel Fauré in my mind, as his Requiem was ruined for me by the
>painful emotions that were going on the summer we did the Requiem at

I have always loved the Faure requiem -- even as I associate it with the loss of 
so many friends and acquaintances to AIDS. It seemed to be the music of choice 
for church funerals for most all these guys.

There's a lot of other Faure that is simply stunning, if obscure.

In its own strange way, I find the slightly-off performance of the Faure by Miss 
Orme-Herrick in Brideshead Revisited enchanting -- especially when I hear it 
done right, rather than the BR Florence Foster Jenkins version.

The Elegy for Cello comes about 6:18 into this part of BR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJEZuymwmZw

For the sense of this, try:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OanFkLaI3kw

(It was written for a full orchestra -- several versions are also available on 
You Tube).

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie