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Francis Wheen's avatar

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

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Philip Collins's avatar

That is a fine team. I might circulate that to all subscribers as a guest post. I think it deserves a wider audience.

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Michael Henderson's avatar

Yes, very witty.

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Jeremy Benson's avatar

I would prefer Richard S to open - Johann has a tendency to dance down the wicket.

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Paul Matcham's avatar

“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.

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Michael Henderson's avatar

We can never forget S and S! The immortal puppets.

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William Poulos's avatar

I love Schubert but I don’t think he can bat at 3 - he seems too delicate to be that high up the order.

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Michael Henderson's avatar

Beautiful, not delicate!

And beauty is fearless.

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