Gary Anderson

Cellist (Principal, Composer, Pianist; Friend for 12 years of Lucy the goldendoodle; Day job in software biz; Fan of baseball & SF Giants

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@AMAZlNGNATURE Hmm, the owl and the pussycat - but not seeing any pea-green boat…

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@buitengebieden They give them an IQ test early in life - the ones that fail, are taken to live in the zoo

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@playinglesshurt A nitpick: With the right-hand end (2 bars) of all staves empty, suggests work on an orchestral score. (Which Papa might approve; orchestration’s tricky.) But, looking closer at individual staves, suggests the two-at-a-time (treble & bass) aspect of keyboard music. Oh well…

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@KansasCityZoo Can someone tell me who wrote that utterly charming background music? (OK, I’m biased, I’m a string player)

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@tonyprinciotti In 1985, the chorus-and-orchestra in which I was cellist, celebrated by performing all the major works (Bm Mass, StJ & StM Passions, Orch. Suites), and many of the others (Cantatas, Concerti, etc.)
I came away amazed by not only how much there was, but also how good it all was.

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@NancyAFrench Yep, verse 11 is pretty clear:
“…you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral… Do not even eat with such people.”

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@lynnemclelland1 Awww, reminds me of Lucy, who also left us this year…

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@bunsenbernerbmd Reminds me of Lucy (a cousin goldendoodle) on our day at the beach a few years ago…

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@Matt_Pinner This one

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@bunsenbernerbmd From here, looks more like he’s pointing something out (rather than raising a question):
“So I know we’re all aware of the laws of physics - but one corollary that’s often overlooked is…”

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@playinglesshurt Reminds me also of some chamber-music parties I’ve been to, where cellists who can read alto clef are also in demand, for covering viola parts…

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@susanslusser @sfchronicle Wallace and Lemons… I suppose that’s better than Wallace and Gromit… 😉

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@RoyalAcadMusic Strictly speaking, it’s “under the direction of…” 😉

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@SemyonBychkov1 @WagnerFestival Interesting seating arrangement in the strings, with front semicircle all violins, celli as a block in the middle, and double-basses on both left and right sides. (That is, compared to wedges for firsts, seconds, violas, celli.) Is this arrangement typical for Bayreuth?

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@extrabaggs And there will be no snitkering about this from the peanut gallery…. 🚫

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@susanslusser @sfchronicle “Wisely shuttled up and down from the minors four times last year, and he said that learning to fail at the big-league level was a major key for him.”

Big-league? Major? Was that wordplay intended, or just a happy coincidence? 😉
Either way, music in a major key is nicer… 🎵

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@NiallHarbison Thank you Niall for sharing your story. Can agree from experience, anxiety and depression are challenging.

In any case - would want you to know that the moments of joy and inspiration I’ve received (following you here over last several months) are amazing, too many to count!

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(Seems appropriate for a newspaper, to include an alternate answer to the black/white/red riddle…)

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@StevenIsserlis All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others…