tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2166256594123723228..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Listening to EddieBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-69090193785688601572015-06-22T13:06:20.784-05:002015-06-22T13:06:20.784-05:00That made me chuckle.
I know a fellow who retired...That made me chuckle.<br /><br />I know a fellow who retired a couple of years ago from producing the South Beach Opera (it that's what it's called).<br /><br />I think that there are lots of orchestras whose idea of modern music is even worse. But you know I am a big Shostakovich fan.<br /><br />I just ordered Boulez conducting Messiaen, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum which I have never heard in its entirety.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-55537312817054392922015-06-22T11:55:52.665-05:002015-06-22T11:55:52.665-05:00No, I live in Florida - West Palm Beach. We have a...No, I live in Florida - West Palm Beach. We have a fairly decent symphony orchestra, except that their idea of modern music is Shostakovich (with Dvorak a close second). This because the Palm Beach classical music snoots all want to hear the classical music works they know and love - all ten of them.Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-46568379450858743772015-06-22T10:23:59.157-05:002015-06-22T10:23:59.157-05:00Yes, probably Bach. Thanks for mentioning that. I ...Yes, probably Bach. Thanks for mentioning that. I was going to in the post, but forgot.<br /><br />I am congenitally resistant to all forms of broadcast entertainment!<br /><br />Sounds like you live in LA, Ken.<br /><br />I have to say, though, that I did use to listen to the CBC, and not just to those shows where I was playing!! In fact, the very first time I heard a Shostakovich symphony it was on the CBC. And I can recall seeing some amazing programs with Glenn Gould, way back in the day.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-83575278647004026022015-06-22T09:43:11.437-05:002015-06-22T09:43:11.437-05:00Yo Yo Ma - a very good choice - perhaps some Bach?...Yo Yo Ma - a very good choice - perhaps some Bach? I wonder if he has read Cage's "Silence"? I don't listen to music on the radio because there's nothing on that I want to listen to (always the same thing, and even though I think Ann Wilson is a great singer, I don't want to listen to Heart every afternoon), and also because I need 101% of my attention on the assholes driving across lanes at 20 mph over the speed limit in rush hour traffic.Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.com