tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post6228313043380662197..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Dawn to Twlight ILisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-69226346865312117472009-06-01T21:04:22.119-07:002009-06-01T21:04:22.119-07:00A synesthete!A synesthete!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-47725402099402294242009-06-01T16:51:00.019-07:002009-06-01T16:51:00.019-07:00For me, there was something metallic in taste (cra...For me, there was something metallic in taste (crazy, miswired brain) and coldish (but in a nice way) about DeYoung's voice. I loved her singing. I was down in the back of the orchestra level, indeed!The Opera Tattlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817163818697608446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-51527387260797765212009-06-01T15:28:15.389-07:002009-06-01T15:28:15.389-07:00I attended several of the Sibelius programs - they...I attended several of the Sibelius programs - they were great. <br /><br />Why Maazel?<br /><br />I love sibelius, also Nielsen, who remains underappreciated in the US.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-7728128189834626542009-05-31T15:01:00.034-07:002009-05-31T15:01:00.034-07:00As you probably know, the LAP did a Sibelius cycle...As you probably know, the LAP did a Sibelius cycle at the end of E-PS's tenure and so I had a big "get to know these pieces" thing for a couple of months before it started, listening to the Maazel recordings constantly in my car etc. <br /><br />I can see why the British loved him as a bulwark against those naughty Viennese 12-tone types: Sibelius is modern enough, but grounded in the usual suspects enough to seem familiar.Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-47803611019928206792009-05-30T16:27:34.542-07:002009-05-30T16:27:34.542-07:00Berg & Schubert the other day, not first names...Berg & Schubert the other day, not first names.<br /><br />The Sibelius 4 is kinda weird! I found E-PS's comments about it at the Sibelius Fest helpful! But he wasn't up there with Stucky for that one.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-4914008595672285492009-05-30T13:05:00.091-07:002009-05-30T13:05:00.091-07:00Now that Chatty Patty Salonen has left, I think th...Now that Chatty Patty Salonen has left, I think the number of "Oh gawd, there's a microphone on the score stand *GROAN*" kinds of moments will lessen.<br /><br />E-PS was doing a standup routine, erm, talk, with the composer Steven Stuckey before a performance of the Sibelius 4th (incredible). E-PS said "This symphony is as complex as anything by Schoenberg". I had the reply in my throat --"NONSENSE" I was going to say fairly loudly-- but I kept it to myself. I wish I hadn't, I can't stand puffery and obvious hype like that at all.<br /><br />Yes, as your friends experience shows, the talks aren't meant for the likes of me, someone who has done his homework before they attend, so I just grimace and bear it. :-)<br /><br />Does MTT still call everyone by their first name? "Well, Alban would use the tone-row differently than Arnold or Anton" etc.?Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-90929740673682359682009-05-29T15:09:23.277-07:002009-05-29T15:09:23.277-07:00I would be so happy if you would come shut him up....I would be so happy if you would come shut him up.<br /><br />On the other hand...the friend who was with me, who has a musical background but hasn't played in 30 years or something, enjoyed the talk, and is less likely to read program notes than I am.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-87329431330585245032009-05-29T13:40:31.876-07:002009-05-29T13:40:31.876-07:00What the heck happened with italics and paragraph ...What the heck happened with italics and paragraph breaks there.<br /><br />Testing testing<BR><BR>Testing testingHenry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-70729412382604117632009-05-29T13:39:36.758-07:002009-05-29T13:39:36.758-07:00Berg's chamber orchestra neatly achieving sonoriti...<I>Berg's chamber orchestra neatly achieving sonorities his teacher needed 110 players for</I>Berg probably was a better orchestrator than Schoenberg, but the reason the <I>Gurrelieder</I> orchestra is the size it is very simple: Schoenberg wanted most instruments (all the woodwinds, the horns and trombones) to be able to play, at a minimum, 6-note chords, and for the strings to be able to do so as well. I have the full score and it's amazing how lightly scored most of it is.<br /><br /><I>MTT just had to pick up the microphone and tell us, incoherently, all about the Berg</I>Do you think someone in the audience yelling "Shut the hell up, we don't need a lecture from the likes of you" as soon as he picked up the mic > it got quiet would stop that practice? Airfares on Southwest from LAX to Oakland are pretty cheap these days......Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.com