tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post470263785099571376..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: American Mavericks ILisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-5986234561407025652012-03-13T14:15:14.470-07:002012-03-13T14:15:14.470-07:00I am the greatest Ives fan there is, and I dislike...I am the greatest Ives fan there is, and I dislike the Concord Symphony. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't hold up next to the original. Besides, Ives already orchestrated the Hawthorne Movement: It's the 2nd movement of the Fourth Symphony. Or maybe I should hear the MTT CD. The premiere recording is none too exciting.<br /><br />And at least MTT has programed some unusual Copland. The Philadelphia Orchestra has scheduled an all-American program for next year, and the Copland that been selected is - wait for it - Appalachian Spring!Joe Barronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638252347181688694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-3386502777085900362012-03-13T14:07:34.767-07:002012-03-13T14:07:34.767-07:00Joe Barronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638252347181688694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-75836447489783518032012-03-12T23:41:32.117-07:002012-03-12T23:41:32.117-07:00Ahaha, I am IN THE MIDDLE.Ahaha, I am IN THE MIDDLE.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-61203472996665991522012-03-12T22:10:42.198-07:002012-03-12T22:10:42.198-07:00Now see, I think the issue is that your over-valui...Now see, I think the issue is that your over-valuing the Ives which still left me wanting the piano sonata more than ever.<br /><br />Otherwise I'm with you and considering the show that followed, feel even more strongly that this first program felt decidedly more tired than it should have.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928908637908240871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-51702498011882830422012-03-11T20:44:37.096-07:002012-03-11T20:44:37.096-07:00Re Harrison, not sure I could say what's his b...Re Harrison, not sure I could say what's his best, but I consider the violin concerto better than the Organ etc.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-29046874992393441712012-03-10T13:27:36.860-08:002012-03-10T13:27:36.860-08:00I heard the concert on Thursday and think you'...I heard the concert on Thursday and think you're undervaluing both the Copland and the Harrison. I've been bored silly by just about every Copland piece I've heard live in the last couple of years, so the Orchestral Variations came as a wonderful surprise: weird, spiky, "modern" sounding while still being recognizably Copland. Don't know the original piano so my reaction wasn't colored by that.<br /><br />I remember hearing the Harrison piece at the 2000 Mavericks and not being that impressed, but on Thursday it both lulled and knocked me out, which was surprising became I'm not a big fan of either the organ or percussion ensembles. The precision of the playing was also extraordinary. As for the "not his best" characterization, you could just as easily have said "not his worst." What do you think IS his best, by the way?<br /><br />The Ives/Brant is great, but way too assaultive for my tastes. I found myself happy in the middle of the second movement when we were in the middle of a soft, slow hymn that sounded almost proto-Gorecki before the damned marching bands started again.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com