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editBBC Sunday-Night Play DVD
editBBC Sunday-Night Play was a British tv series which air on the BBC Television from 1960-1963. A very short amount of the episodes have survived and I've been trying to find out if any of the surviving episodes have ever been released on DVD. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- In the cases (perhaps all of them) where the true answer is "no", it may be hard to demonstrate (though it's not logically impossible to prove a negative, it can be impractically difficult), but it would help to try to find answers if you could list the 15 plays in question, by using the references in the series' article to subtract the 123 listed 'lost' plays (Reference 4) from the list of all 138 of the plays (Reference 1). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 17:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC) 94.1.223.204 (talk) 17:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- You may be able to watch episodes that survive but were never released on DVD at the BFI in London, it has kiosks where you can dial up media. It's normally quite quiet and easy to get a seat, from memory there's no need to register or book in advance. Blythwood (talk) 10:26, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
regarding the comparative difficulty of Chopin's etudes
editI'm curious: is Op.10 No.1 or Op.10 No.2 commonly considered to be harder?
(I always found Op.10 No.1 much harder, but this is probably because for me stretching beyond an octave hurts.) Double sharp (talk) 18:12, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hard is a somewhat subjective judgement. For me, comparing these two is like comparing one kind of impossible with another. Oh, I can play the notes ok but my speed is ridiculously slow. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 19:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
‘Mr. Horowitz, which are the most difficult of the Chopin Etudes?’ — “Ah, all are terrible. [...] For me, the most difficult of all is the C Major, the first one, Op. 10, No. 1. [...] Also, I can’t do the A minor, Op. 10, No. 2. Richter told me he could never do it, either.”
[1] --Lambiam 10:59, 16 December 2024 (UTC)- "Mass production of both grand and upright pianos consolidated a ‘standard’ key size that is too big for most pianists. It took more than 100 years for serious questioning of this situation and, since the 1990s, there has been increasing interest in, and agitation for, providing keyboards that suit more of the piano playing population. Now, a movement advocating narrower key options is providing hope." Rhonda Boyle, Standard piano keys are too wide for too many. But alternatively sized keyboards are on the way. May 20, 2021, (Pearls and Irritations, John Menadue's Public Policy Journal). Modocc (talk) 23:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- +1 I think a 7/8-size keyboard would solve my problems indeed.
- I wonder if Chopin's keyboard was also smaller than the modern standard. Bar 31 of Op.10/1 (with an F7 arpeggio fingered 1245 for C-E♭-A-E♭) seems like it would require absolutely huge hands on a standard keyboard. :) Double sharp (talk) 05:47, 27 December 2024 (UTC)