tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1450309013930206528..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: A Note on Pettersson, Symphony No. 6Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-34075339518463345002014-07-20T12:33:01.628-05:002014-07-20T12:33:01.628-05:00It has often occurred to me, especially after list...It has often occurred to me, especially after listening to Shostakovich and now Pettersson, that beauty in music is related a bit to Edmund Burke's distinction between beauty and the sublime. Or perhaps we might distinguish music that is merely pretty from that which is sublime by saying that there is always something dangerous or threatening in the truly sublime. Instead of being just sweet and pretty, it is hard-won, or earned, by being contrasted with great suffering. As in this symphony.<br /><br />I will seek out the violin concerto that you recommend.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-81026880673504603022014-07-20T12:27:08.736-05:002014-07-20T12:27:08.736-05:00I think, the quality of that passage near the end,...I think, the quality of that passage near the end, which is so soothing, like a glimpse of hope above all suffering is one of the main reasons for making this, my favorite Pettersson Symphony.<br /><br />Same effect is achieved (beauty after struggle) in the violin concerto 2. I highly recommend it.Joel Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899053147050874817noreply@blogger.com