tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post4607479003286452966..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Coming Up: Fun StuffLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-13693180404335505182010-03-30T20:14:19.235-07:002010-03-30T20:14:19.235-07:004:30? That's without intermissions, I presume....<i>4:30? That's without intermissions, I presume. :)</i><br /><br />Well, for me, <i>Gotterdammerung</i> feels like it lasts 430 hours. By the 2 millionth time* somebody tells us of how Siegfried slew the dragon and won Brunnhilde, I'm ready to scream. I actually cheer when Hagen stabs him because Siegfried is starting in on *another* damn time of Siegfried Storytelling Time.<br /><br />* possible exaggerationHenry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-20374078988440318432010-03-29T19:32:44.494-07:002010-03-29T19:32:44.494-07:004:30? That's without intermissions, I presume....4:30? That's without intermissions, I presume. :)<br /><br />I kinda feel for Conlon, and also for my butt. That's a LOT of conducting for one weekend.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-54121246541373585912010-03-29T19:18:39.806-07:002010-03-29T19:18:39.806-07:00Damn, when he was here doing the TRIN tour, it was...Damn, when he was here doing the TRIN tour, it was without piano. Pretty much the first selection of music was the opening of Schoenberg's wonderful Five Orchestral Pieces, it was great to hear what a powerful punch that music has in a large auditorium with a great sound system.<br /><br />You have to come down for the <i>Die Gezeichneten</i>, you just have to. :-) I again wonder at who the genius that did the scheduling for LAO is though. Like last season, nothing for months, then a Recovered Voices opera alternates with a Ring opera. They have to accommodate the RV opera production to the Ring stage and then this year, you have a long opera by Schreker (2:45 if done complete like I think Mr. Conlon will) alternating the day before/after with the 4:30 of Wagner. Crazy.Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-17024298079952452072010-03-29T08:54:15.207-07:002010-03-29T08:54:15.207-07:00Cool. Thanks.Cool. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-33786897925862067942010-03-29T07:06:32.248-07:002010-03-29T07:06:32.248-07:00I don't need to ask. The press release has the...I don't need to ask. The press release has the story:<br /><br />Asked to describe “The Rest is Noise: In Performance,” Ross says: “You’ll hear classics of early modern music: Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartók, Ives, Webern. You’ll also hear snippets of jazz and pop—Gershwin, Jelly Roll, Charlie Parker. You’ll hear deeply grim tonal music by Shostakovich and antic 12-tone music by Milton Babbitt. Between the selections, I’ll read passages from the book, giving a bit of background and a bit of atmosphere. … In a short span of time, you’ll get a sense of the dazzling richness of 20th-century composition.”Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-79211632996678797692010-03-29T07:03:50.622-07:002010-03-29T07:03:50.622-07:00I'll ask and report back.I'll ask and report back.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-79610180638049497672010-03-29T03:23:10.402-07:002010-03-29T03:23:10.402-07:00"After each selection, Iverson performs a pia..."After each selection, Iverson performs a piano interlude related to the reading, presenting a dynamic cultural and musical tour."<br /><br />What, I wonder, does that mean? Will Iverson be performing selections by the composers Ross is reading about, or giving his own musical impressions of the descriptions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com