Michael Henderson
When I saw your title (“The Composers’ XI”) I was expecting a team more along these lines:
Andrew (Johann) Strauss
Bob (Samuel) Barber
Harold “Doc” (Orlando) Gibbons
Clive (George) Lloyd
Derick (Hubert) Parry
Keith (William) Boyce
Dean (Edward) Elgar
Neil (Richard) Wagner
Paul (John) Adams
Geoff (Malcolm) Arnold
Sylvester (Jeremiah) Clarke
That is a fine team. I might circulate that to all subscribers as a guest post. I think it deserves a wider audience.
Yes, very witty.
I would prefer Richard S to open - Johann has a tendency to dance down the wicket.
“Bach and Haydn at the top of the order has a reassuring ring to it. Like Hutton and Washbrook, or Pinky and Perky.”
Don’t forget Sooty and Sweep Michael.
We can never forget S and S! The immortal puppets.
I love Schubert but I don’t think he can bat at 3 - he seems too delicate to be that high up the order.
Beautiful, not delicate!
And beauty is fearless.
When I saw your title (“The Composers’ XI”) I was expecting a team more along these lines:
Andrew (Johann) Strauss
Bob (Samuel) Barber
Harold “Doc” (Orlando) Gibbons
Clive (George) Lloyd
Derick (Hubert) Parry
Keith (William) Boyce
Dean (Edward) Elgar
Neil (Richard) Wagner
Paul (John) Adams
Geoff (Malcolm) Arnold
Sylvester (Jeremiah) Clarke
That is a fine team. I might circulate that to all subscribers as a guest post. I think it deserves a wider audience.
Yes, very witty.
I would prefer Richard S to open - Johann has a tendency to dance down the wicket.
“Bach and Haydn at the top of the order has a reassuring ring to it. Like Hutton and Washbrook, or Pinky and Perky.”
Don’t forget Sooty and Sweep Michael.
We can never forget S and S! The immortal puppets.
I love Schubert but I don’t think he can bat at 3 - he seems too delicate to be that high up the order.
Beautiful, not delicate!
And beauty is fearless.