tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post3598967017238583428..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Haydn, Music and the Light and the DarkBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-90291939514792043462014-01-29T08:13:23.264-06:002014-01-29T08:13:23.264-06:00Thanks so much, Shantanu. That is one of the nices...Thanks so much, Shantanu. That is one of the nicest compliments I have received.<br /><br />Yes, I think you are right about actors. It is always fun to play the big, bad villain with much gnashing of teeth. But to play a sane and complete individual, and make that enticing, is probably more difficult.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-70767728557503660452014-01-29T06:51:09.587-06:002014-01-29T06:51:09.587-06:00"The light of the sun, even 93 million miles ..."The light of the sun, even 93 million miles away, is overwhelming and we see a thousand shades and hues of light, but darkness is just, well, dark."<br /><br />These are the things for which one reads your blog!<br /><br />I would like to draw a parallel to what you are saying. It's often said that it is more difficult for an actor to play the role of a very divergent person - perhaps a maniac, an eccentric or just a very childish person. But I believe it is more difficult to carry the role of a completely sane and complete individual, a person whose personality has various shades and features, which all together paint a human picture.<br /><br />So it is with happy and sad music, I guess.Shantanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910091531263531496noreply@blogger.com