On 25/11/04 11:44, in article , "jane"
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:19:26 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

~On 24/11/04 23:58, in article
, "Jaques d'Alltrades"
wrote:
~snip I liked him when he was being sarcastic: soloist clarinet asked for
~a
~ note, produces brilliant warble...
~
~ "Gentlemen, you may take whichever of those notes you please..." OWTTE
~
~To a female cellist: "Madam, you have between your legs something capable
~of giving pleasure to all mankind and all you can do is sit there and
~scratch it."

SPLUTTER
Thanks, Sacha, my poor keyboard will never be the same!

(memo to self: don't drink tea and read urg simultaneously)

ROTFL

~On hearing Malcolm Sargent (whose nickname was 'Flash') was touring Japan
~"Ah, Flash in Japan".
~When receiving effusive cards and telegrams on his birthday "What? Nothing
~from Mozart?"

Oh, very good.
Methinks I'll have to go and look for other Beecham quotes...


Some years ago there was a marvellous TV biography of him with (IIRC)
Timothy West playing Beecham. He was brilliant in the part.
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Sacha
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