tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post6825280828444714888..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Farewell, Swedish ElisabethDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-40253573038973059862009-12-01T16:09:13.660+00:002009-12-01T16:09:13.660+00:00As I'm sure a non-English speaker would in the...As I'm sure a non-English speaker would in the case of Dame Eva Turner's speech. We heard a splendid one last night, recorded when she was 97 and introducting recordings from the 1920s. A trrrrremendous lady. More on her and her finest pupil, Linda Esther Gray, anon.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-73478104122312166632009-11-30T23:56:30.658+00:002009-11-30T23:56:30.658+00:00David Damant writes
Two memories of ES
When she ...David Damant writes<br /><br />Two memories of ES<br /><br />When she performed at Drottningholm before the court at the time of Queen Elizabeth's state visit, she reported that the court paid limited attention to the performance but continued their conversations. This is an example of the point often made but seldom witnessed, that in royal circles the customs of earlier generations persist when they have otherwise vanished from the general scene. Novels from the nineteenth century sometimes report that conversations were sometimes interrupted as the music hit a loud patch. Incidentally Drottningholm was unused for a century or so, and when reopened the only defect was that some ropes for the scenery were missing, as generations of young princes had cut them down for their sailing boats<br /><br />ES usually spoke with a good English accent but was inclined to say pointedly to an English audience - with a strong Swedish lilt - "I have always said that if you speak Swedish loudly and clearly everyone will understand"David Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.com