Hello Ruth!
Tuesday May 28 1996 02:04, Ruth Hanschka wrote to Ian Hoare:
 IH>>  to find that Michael & I have so many interests in common. Although
 IH>> his musical taste is dreadfully modern.
 RH> Oh, he likes stuff written after 1820?
Oh NO, stuff written after 1610. (Date of Monterverdi's Vespers) ;-)
 RH> I like stuff written either before that date, or after 1940,
 RH> generally....
My first ever real favourite piece was Bach's Mass in B minor, followed 
closely by Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra - both when I was around 15 years 
old. I then passed through an omnivorous phase, going to the Proms (a series 
of concerts every night a week for 8 weeks) for about 6 years, which gives 
one a wonderful exposure to the whole repertory (more or less). After that I 
started singing in a church choir as a bass, doing unaccompanied Tudor 
anthems and masses - mainly British composers like Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons (bit 
modern really), Taverner, but also some earlier continental composers like 
Dufay, Josquin des Pres. Of course from time to time we had a rush of blood 
to the vocal chords and tackled fun things like Schutz (7 last words) and 
Monteverdi (Psalms from the Vespers) and even the odd modern composer like 
Poulenc, Stravinsky, Tippett and on one disastrous and memorable occasion, 
Peter Maxwell-Davis.
For listening now, I choose renaissance and pre-renaissance music, and also a 
certain number of late 19th and 20th century composers - Bruckner and Mahler, 
Stravinsky, Bartok (yummy), Vaughan-Williams, Janacek, Poulenc.
 RH> what would you say about someone who likes some grunge bands?:-)
err, if I know what grunge sounds like, I might have something to say. :-))) 
I do like Rock very much, but mainly from the late 60s and their descendants. 
But no-one has ever played me something and said "this is grunge".
 RH>   You oldsters do need your beauty sleep!  It helps to
 RH> remember to use oven mitts when pulling things out of the broiler.
Absolutely. 4-5 hours a night is really TOO little for me. Trouble is that 
all the best TV takes place after midnight.
And as MY ontopicizer, and as tomatoes were once called "love apples" Try 
is
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      Title: Cream of Tomato Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Vegetables, British
      Yield: 4 servings
      1 kg Ripe tomatoes
    100 g  Chopped onions
    125 g  Chopped young carrots
           Bouquet garni
      1 l  Stock
           Salt, pepper
    300 ml Cream
           Chopped chives or basil
  Simmer the vegetables and bouquet with 3/4 of the stock until they are
  tender. Remove the bouquet garni and pur‚e the soup in the blender or
  sieve until it is very smooth. Taste, add seasoning and remaining
  stock. If it is to be served cold, stir in the cream and chill. If it
  is to be served hot, bring the cream to the boil in a clean pan and
  add the soup gradually. In both cases serve sprinkled with chives or
  better, chopped basil. If you like a spicy flavour, add nutmeg to the
  soup as it cooks and sprinkle a little on top when it is served.
  Modifications for sterilising
  Do not season. Blend the soup, then sieve. Pour into 1l strilising
  jars, and seal and sterilise in the usual way. When reheating, season
  then bring 200ml cream to the boil and pour in the boiling soup
  gradually. You may have to reblend to cure possible curdling.
Recipe IMH Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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All the Best
Ian
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