tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1681258350685204293..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Sofia Gubaidulina, Part 3Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-46921805938390017532018-01-08T21:15:48.783-06:002018-01-08T21:15:48.783-06:00Will, your experience with this music underlines t...Will, your experience with this music underlines that taking a bit of time to learn some context and look at a score or two almost always results in a lot more understanding and appreciation. Of course, you have to have an open mind as you obviously do!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-59219206210876271942018-01-08T19:59:03.992-06:002018-01-08T19:59:03.992-06:00To my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece! ...To my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece! You said "without doing any analysis" and then you gave a fine brief analysis, all very true to what I heard. I agree especially with your closing sentence that "Gubaidulina is a very intuitive composer who avoids an excessively cerebral approach and I think this piece demonstrates that." I get a strong feeling there is life in this piece, it does not flow from calculation but rather something more combining impulse and emotion.<br /><br />I have hardly ever used youtube until in this past year just a little more as a way to get at classical music I don't have on CD, and now in the past month more than ever. Tonight I really enjoyed following the score as I heard the music, a pretty new experience for me. There were times when I averted my eyes in order to focus all attention on sound, but since in my own early stages of studying violin I am most challenged with reading the rhythms and timing, I very much appreciated seeing how the timing of chords and melody were notated.<br /><br />Also your matching a few pieces (such as that early --1956?-- lyrical song you linked a few days ago) now with concise summaries of those phases of her life gives me a sympathy and interest in the mind and heart of the artist producing such intriguing works. Recall it was only a week or so ago I said I only knew a few of her works and didn't like any of them and was not interested in exploring her work any further. Oh how that has changed!Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.com