tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post4401582554720181806..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Farewell to the 8,000George Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-86580805315162456792011-01-28T22:08:39.424+00:002011-01-28T22:08:39.424+00:00Oh, all three of us took great care. I've not ...Oh, all three of us took great care. I've not yet worked with a judge of anything that hasn't. A day of warm passionate advocacies and hard questions.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-5548175957984418072011-01-28T16:23:26.318+00:002011-01-28T16:23:26.318+00:00I second what anon said. Good to know there's ...I second what anon said. Good to know there's someone out there who gives the process such thought and care.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-75369821072449515662011-01-28T09:53:33.388+00:002011-01-28T09:53:33.388+00:00I just wanted to thank you for your words on the j...I just wanted to thank you for your words on the judging process, which are a great comfort. It helps to know a little about how you work, the sheer quantity of poems, and the dilemmas you face. It is also good to hear that the poems are being judged with such honesty, generosity and warmth. Most of us won't make it through the eye of the needle, but your blog has helped to soften and add nuance to that hard fact. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-5534354838795750372011-01-28T09:11:32.072+00:002011-01-28T09:11:32.072+00:00There's a story (don't know if it's tr...There's a story (don't know if it's true) of how Beethoven had composed a new piano concerto and arrived in at the concert hall to play it and then at the last minute asked some musician or other who happened to be there to turn over the pages of music for him. This person, whoever it was, agreed and so the piano concert commenced. The problem was that there was more or less nothing written on the sheets (just a scribble here there as was Beethoven's way) but anyway they are today recorded by Sir Alfred Brendle and the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and every nuance is known! Reams of paper, George. What is it? Go with your gut feeling - that's what I say. But then who am I?<br /><br />Much good luck!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com