tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post5472517651721308229..comments2024-03-15T21:51:30.609-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Holy Cow!Lisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-54506093577394216182012-01-13T08:36:55.039-08:002012-01-13T08:36:55.039-08:00It's an amazing piece! There are three recordi...It's an amazing piece! There are three recordings; I have heard none of them.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-9628200803261207932012-01-13T08:32:11.464-08:002012-01-13T08:32:11.464-08:00"some are newish (microtones)"
*Chuckle..."some are newish (microtones)"<br /><br />*Chuckles*<br /><br />I actually haven't heard this Ligeti and am now very intrigued!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-43645882683635087962012-01-09T06:48:18.703-08:002012-01-09T06:48:18.703-08:00The Sunday audience was absolutely silent except f...The Sunday audience was absolutely silent except for a small (reasonable) amount of throat-clearing/coughing between movements. Mike, bowing before him (or kissing his feet, if one is sufficiently flexible) is the only possible response. He was awesome.<br /><br />Michael, I don't know about Brant; what an interesting question!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-2631698415923624162012-01-08T22:57:17.018-08:002012-01-08T22:57:17.018-08:00Yes, the Ligeti was all that, and Tetzlaff was phe...Yes, the Ligeti was all that, and Tetzlaff was phenomenal. What a treat!<br /><br />So did Ligeti know Henry Brant? Brant often played an ocarina during performances of his works. I doubly loved the ocarina quartet both for the wondrous sound and the Brant reference.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484703769762940788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-38193188683665588752012-01-08T20:02:52.375-08:002012-01-08T20:02:52.375-08:00Saw it Saturday evening, and the audience was quit...Saw it Saturday evening, and the audience was quite enthusiastic for the Ligeti, though during the performance a whole other section acted as if it was an excuse to pretend they were in a tuberculosis ward, particularly in the most pianissimo sections.<br /><br />The Tchaikovsky #1 performance was ghastly. It's a beautiful, early symphony that needs to be played idiomatically, and not with MTT's very American foursquare approach which just made it dull.<br /><br />Saw Tetzlaff at 1:30 PM on Hayes Street Sunday afternoon, in his street clothes, a half hour before the 2PM matinee concert, and I found myself bowing in front of him a la Wayne & Garth's "We Are Not Worthy," and he bust into laughter as I said, "Saw you last night. It was great." It really was.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com