What are you listening to now?

[PDG]

Today I listened to the little known Indian composer K Sutra : his magnificent Op.64, Variation N° 69 "In Extremis".

Not capable of performing this work yourself then, Phil? Just having to make do with listening to the efforts of others?...

[PDG]

Listening to the Beatles singing "When I'm 64" - 'cos I'm 64. Today.
Then I dug out Beethoven's Opus 64 to find it was not by Beethoven. So then I went to WoO 64 which turned out to be variations for harp and piano. So then I went to Hess 64 which is a harmless little fugue for piano.
So, that's about it.
Did I mention I was 64 today?

Is it just me, or does Michael seem to have a birthday every other week around here?

But I'm glad I still have 35 minutes left to say Many Happy Returns.

Gosh, when you're 97 you can have an extra special listen to the Archduke Trio - now there's something to really look forward to.....

[Quijote]

Not capable of performing this work yourself then, Phil? Just having to make do with listening to the efforts of others?...

Not at all.

[PDG]

Not at all. The CD I heard was performed by the equally little-known French 'cellist Bouffe Ma Chatte, who once taught me the "true" technique. I have never forgotten her lesson.

Aye, the little lady sure gets around. Three in a bed? You, her and the 'cello?...

[Quijote]

Aye, the little lady sure gets around. Three in a bed? You, her and the 'cello?...

That's right, pussycat.

[PDG]

Well, hardly witty repartee there!... (I know you can do better, come on...)...

[Quijote]

Well, hardly witty repartee there!... (I know you can do better, come on...)...

Fair comment, pussycat. Do you speak French, PDG?

[PDG]

Some. And I can purr in many languages.

I think we're in the wrong forum here...

So-o-o......

I've been listening to Brahms' String Quartets, Op.51. Both in minor and very brooding they are, too...

[Quijote]

Some. And I can purr in many languages.

I think we're in the wrong forum here...

So-o-o......

I've been listening to Brahms' String Quartets, Op.51. Both in minor and very brooding they are, too...

You're quite right, PDG. As my daughter is fast asleep I can't put on a CD.

[PDG]

Yeah, that's definitely one of my all-time faves...

[Quijote]

Yeah, that's definitely one of my all-time faves...

Sure, PDG?

[PDG]

Yes, it's his...er...Opus 64. Isn't it?...

[Quijote]

Yes, it's his...er...Opus 64. Isn't it?...

Spot on !!

[Michael]

This thread has degenerated into rudeness and I accept some of the blame for mentioning my bloody birthday. I will not do so again until I have reached the age of 136 - on which date I will listen to "The Glorious Moment". I also promise to stop sniggering at PDG's avatar.
To return to respectability, this evening I have been listening to Beethoven's Hess 133, (1820) an arrangement of a popular song. He was so smitten by the tune that he used it in the second movement of his penultimate sonata, Opus 110.
It is not my fault, PDG, that the song is entitled "Our Cat's had Kittens" and the lyrics are:

"Our cat's had kittens,
Sixty-three of them, all mine
One of them has stripes,
That's the one for me"

Incidentally, Beethoven will be 240 this year.

[Quijote]

This thread has degenerated [...]

Although it is your birthday, I feel I must point out that "to degenerate" is an intransitive verb. Id est, it needs to be followed by a preposition. Still, I could be wrong.