tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post8423453658595222546..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Philip GlassLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-37625140490884243132007-08-24T22:44:00.000-07:002007-08-24T22:44:00.000-07:00That's fair enough, and (blush) hadn't occurred to...That's fair enough, and (blush) hadn't occurred to me.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-11980827290139952282007-08-24T22:42:00.000-07:002007-08-24T22:42:00.000-07:00Sounds like you are getting plenty of Glass there ...<I>Sounds like you are getting plenty of Glass there in general, though. Why MTT isn't doing him, I don't know</I><BR/><BR/>Um, maybe he doesn't like the music? Conductors/music directors have their likes and dislikes, nothing odd about that. Esa-Pekka Salonen only made it through the first year of a 5-year Shostakovich symphony cycle before bailing out and handing the other four seasons over to guest conductors. He wasn't really familiar with Shostakovich's music and I guess one season of 3 of the symphonies was enough to make up his mind!Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-44490603859929589642007-08-22T18:00:00.000-07:002007-08-22T18:00:00.000-07:00I look forward to it.We'll have The Black Maskers ...I look forward to it.<BR/><BR/>We'll have <I>The Black Maskers</I> here this year. Hardly contemporary, but unusual.<BR/><BR/>Alas, no Hicken scheduled so far--no honor <I>or</I> profit in my own country.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939881701345686354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-58633072543470489112007-08-22T13:47:00.000-07:002007-08-22T13:47:00.000-07:00Oh, wait until I post about contemporary music at ...Oh, wait until I post about contemporary music at SFS in the coming season - that'll detract from his reputation, all right.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-76649972803429704282007-08-22T12:44:00.000-07:002007-08-22T12:44:00.000-07:00Sounds like you are getting plenty of Glass there ...Sounds like you are getting plenty of Glass there in general, though. Why MTT isn't doing him, I don't know, but it shouldn't detract from his reputation as a champion of contemporary music--Glass isn't exactly cutting edge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939881701345686354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-38876189366624119372007-08-21T16:29:00.000-07:002007-08-21T16:29:00.000-07:00Could be. I wonder what might change that?Could be. I wonder what might change that?Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-21261120099913951192007-08-20T17:03:00.000-07:002007-08-20T17:03:00.000-07:00I'm always surprised that MTT hasn't presented mor...I'm always surprised that MTT hasn't presented more new music at the SFS. He started out doing much more, and it makes me wonder if this is a fight he lost a while ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com