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Alan Lynn wrote:
>Along the same lines, a British comedy duo from the 1950's (i think...)
>wrote lyrics for the entire 3rd Mvt. Rondo of Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto
>which are quite hilarious if I do say so myself. A performance can be
>found on Erik Ruske's recording of the Mozart concertos with the Scottish
>Chamber Orchestra on Telarc.
That would be Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. The song is titled "Ill
Wind", and was part of their second 2-man review, "At the Drop of Another
Hat", 1964. Their classic performances are collected in the 3 disc set The
Complete Flanders & Swann, which I should hope is still available from EMI.
"Ill Wind" begins:
I once had a whim, and I had to obey it,
To buy a French horn in a second-hand shop.
I polished it up, and I started to play it,
In spite of the neighbors who begged me to stop.
Flanders was a reciter in an excellent recording of Facade, and I suspect
he did a Peter & the Wolf as well.
Art Scott
Livermore, Cal.
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