tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post5521658319770016779..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Day 1: TravelLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-52104601817006877502014-05-18T13:29:23.748-07:002014-05-18T13:29:23.748-07:00Who at the Barbican and the LSO thought it was a g...Who at the Barbican and the LSO thought it was a good idea to pair <i>Earth Dances</i> with a Brahms piano concerto? I can imagine the meeting:<br /><br />Person 1: Well, even though it's a Birtwistle festival and even though he's never expressed any affinity for Brahms, we need to make sure people come back after the interval, I'd say one of the Brahms piano concertos for the makeweight.<br /><br />Person 2: But what about something by Varèse, say <i>Ameriques</i> because we'll have a large orchestra at hand or Webern's Op. 10 or Op. 21 or a late Stravinsky 12-tone piece? <br /><br />Person 3: No Brahms would be fantastic, brilliant idea!<br /><br />It's like the geniuses who did a Szymanowski festival a few years and paired him with....Haydn. Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-77635652045828719312014-05-18T08:49:14.496-07:002014-05-18T08:49:14.496-07:00Never try to wrangle luggage on the Tube, that wou...Never try to wrangle luggage on the Tube, that would have been my advice. I'm glad I didn't have to give it.<br /><br />The only thing I don't like about Heathrow Express, besides the price, is the little tv sets in the cars, blasting away the same news one just traveled 6000 miles to get away from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-22666805679410778252014-05-18T00:47:16.386-07:002014-05-18T00:47:16.386-07:00I'm extremely jealous that you are in London a...I'm extremely jealous that you are in London and I'm not! :-)<br /><br />Really hope you enjoy the concerts, especially the one with <i>Earth Dances</i>.Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.com