Geoffrey Gaskell wrote:

>Personally I think that Britten's War Requiem has a taste similar to Sweet
>& Sour Pork with noodles.  Other people might consider the flavour more
>akin to Whitchety Grubs, but that would be their concern and taste buds,
>not mine.

For me, it tastes like  a pretentious but mediocre wine(whine?)

Bernard Chasan