tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post6684619397704932798..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-55385562743690760822015-09-17T10:47:55.488-05:002015-09-17T10:47:55.488-05:00Thanks, Marc. That inspired a post!Thanks, Marc. That inspired a post!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-79109677890065359482015-09-17T00:21:38.986-05:002015-09-17T00:21:38.986-05:00You may be interested.... Damian Thompson in the S...You may be interested.... Damian Thompson in the Spectator, [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/culturehousedaily/2015/09/theres-a-good-reason-why-there-are-no-great-female-composers/], on, well, 'there's a good reason why there are no etc'; I see that NL at Slipped Disc noticed. "Fanny Mendelssohn, sister of Felix, has also been suggested for the new syllabus. She, too, wrote a G minor Piano Sonata and it’s bloody awful. Whether it’s worse than Clara’s sonata I can’t say, because that would mean listening to them again." Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-42180262235995677172015-09-14T13:44:15.051-05:002015-09-14T13:44:15.051-05:00The poor interviewer of Hans Rosling looks like he...The poor interviewer of Hans Rosling looks like he is about to cry at a couple of points.<br /><br />An interesting article at the Chronicle of Higher Education, titled "How Art Reveals the Limits of Neuroscience". I don't know that I quite followed her argument but.... <br /><br />http://chronicle.com/article/How-Art-Reveals-the-Limits-of/232821/Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-61070944245494016952015-09-13T18:38:08.706-05:002015-09-13T18:38:08.706-05:00Ha,yes, am not really a very competent judge of an...Ha,yes, am not really a very competent judge of any singing, human or animal. Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-1057022082408109242015-09-13T13:30:26.205-05:002015-09-13T13:30:26.205-05:00Marc the dog's singing was more heartfelt than...Marc the dog's singing was more heartfelt than the birds' parroting!Christine Lacroixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006109075551438090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-34833034238931529312015-09-12T14:07:23.382-05:002015-09-12T14:07:23.382-05:00And the parrots probably sound at least as similar...And the parrots probably sound at least as similar to <i>der Königin der Nacht</i> as I do when I think nobody's around.... [http://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/queen-of-the-night-animals/#O726HpzUSJhTiVzi.97] Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-3457823864042635802015-09-12T11:56:35.125-05:002015-09-12T11:56:35.125-05:00Christine, Yes! the bird people's comments wer...Christine, Yes! the bird people's comments were some of them hilarious!<br /><br />Bryan, yes, I saw that about the Finns fining people for breaking the law according to their income-- which is a practice more common than I had thought, looking about. I manage a glass or two of wine these days and can feel it-- must give retirement among the northerners a second thought....Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-21342754878669664112015-09-12T10:24:19.665-05:002015-09-12T10:24:19.665-05:00Heh!
Yes, Messiaen is one of the most interesting...Heh!<br /><br />Yes, Messiaen is one of the most interesting and enjoyable composers of the century. Check out today's post.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-64558453013018625232015-09-12T09:11:26.330-05:002015-09-12T09:11:26.330-05:00Can't help but love Hans Rosling. Check out hi...Can't help but love Hans Rosling. Check out his TED talks if you haven't already seen them.<br />I'm liking Messiaen more and more and the birdsongs were hilarious. I particularly enjoyed the outraged comments of some of the bird lovers. What people will get upset about!<br />Christine Lacroixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006109075551438090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-14573219281959181422015-09-12T08:04:27.728-05:002015-09-12T08:04:27.728-05:00Tabula Rasa is a nicely compelling piece, isn'...Tabula Rasa is a nicely compelling piece, isn't it? About moving to Finland: all the things you mention! Just two caveats: when a Finn invites you out for a drink, it might mean a drink in every bar in town (as I once discovered) and if you are caught speeding, the ticket will be according to your net worth or something. A Nokia executive once had to pay a $300,000 speeding ticket for going some outrageous velocity in his Lamborghini.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-58037564147652938272015-09-11T23:18:53.879-05:002015-09-11T23:18:53.879-05:00Had never seen/heard a recorded performance of Tab...Had never seen/heard a recorded performance of Tabula Rasa; thank you! although Pan Pietkiewicz could've used an injection of Botox, and one shall forever wonder why, about two thirds of the way through the Ludus, if I'm remembering aright, the rather serious looking, strong-featured violist or violinist seated behind him suddenly burst into a brilliant, although very brief, smile that transformed her face into one of beauty.<br /><br />Was thinking yesterday about why and how I knew that I very much liked Tabula Rasa on first listening to it, and also knew from the first listen that I wasn't ever going out of my way again to listen to Anna Thorvaldsdottir (although 'ever' is perhaps too strong a word). <br /><br />Have moved on to the Finnish Tapiola Sinfonietta's recording, from 1997, of Tabula Rasa et al before I stop for the night. They're in Espoo, Finland's second city. [ http://tapiolasinfonietta.fi/ ] <br /><br />Their site notes that if one has brought flowers to be presented to the soloists or conductor they must be left at the reception kiosk, and that the convention is to applaud when the work is finished, not after each movement; and there is a special ticket price for "students, unemployed, children and conscripts". God save Finland! I would retire to Finland or one of the Baltic countries if I didn't think that the Russians will be back before too many years-- not that I have anything against Russians! but the governments they saddle themselves with aren't to be borne.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-74655280668182335592015-09-11T23:17:12.107-05:002015-09-11T23:17:12.107-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-50395006166395719272015-09-11T13:43:03.542-05:002015-09-11T13:43:03.542-05:00Didn't even know a couple of those piano maker...Didn't even know a couple of those piano makers mentioned in AM's article or its comments existed. <br /><br />More possible here: [http://eugene.craigslist.org/msg/5216986610.html], ha. <br /><br />Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-27822587244984106352015-09-11T13:30:26.260-05:002015-09-11T13:30:26.260-05:00Looks like a spectacular piece, but I haven't ...Looks like a spectacular piece, but I haven't listened to it. Too many other things on the go. The Mass has five different choral/orchestral groups, plus two groups of brass instruments--and the basso continuo. These could all be distributed around the church. But there is no reason to believe that the Sonata has anything like this kind of unique arrangement.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-7007815460013119422015-09-11T13:26:01.200-05:002015-09-11T13:26:01.200-05:00Down here in Mexico I don't even know the name...Down here in Mexico I don't even know the names of the birds I hear! I do recall the quite impressive yawp of the Great Blue Heron, though.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-62577577341490039442015-09-11T13:18:04.791-05:002015-09-11T13:18:04.791-05:00Have been listening to that Savall Biber CD off an...Have been listening to that Savall Biber CD off and on all week (it's at both Spotify and ClassicsOnline) but this is a good example of some of what one misses by not having the CD and its notes-- the Sonata Sancti Polycarpi is for 9 parts while the reviewer at the G. seems to me to imply that the trumpets played antiphonally e.g. from one side of the chapel and from the other: so that means two trumpets or four? It looks to me like the score for the Kyrie of the Salzburg Mass that you posted specifies two secondary loci for small groups of instruments, so presumably the Sonata S. P. does, too-- alas, it's not at IMSLP.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-13540729211107882252015-09-11T12:41:48.761-05:002015-09-11T12:41:48.761-05:00Thought the bird calls were amusing. And the bitte...Thought the bird calls were amusing. And the bittern-- surely that echo-y, reverb sound is like the sound of... hmm, perhaps am thinking of the theremin. I hear the bald eagle voice around here not infrequently in the earlier part of the year (there's a nest on the Willamette River, near my house), and every once in a great while the barred owl. Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-45968062055107000322015-09-11T10:20:22.377-05:002015-09-11T10:20:22.377-05:00Heh, heh, heh!
Heh, heh, heh!<br /><br />Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-4836825843982257762015-09-11T08:25:09.301-05:002015-09-11T08:25:09.301-05:00"Petites esquisses d'oiseaux" from 1..."Petites esquisses d'oiseaux" from 1985". Well, yes, très petites compared to his St. Francis, five hours long!Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-42846348173715195522015-09-11T08:21:19.364-05:002015-09-11T08:21:19.364-05:00"the music on Aerial could turn a concert hal..."the music on Aerial could turn a concert hall into a deeply unsettling place, one filled with listeners under 60." You mean, like ME (56 years old)? Yes, that's really scary.Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-80656703494006437582015-09-11T08:19:06.783-05:002015-09-11T08:19:06.783-05:00Akiho "gained his knowledge of rhythm and per...Akiho "gained his knowledge of rhythm and percussion through exploration of the steel pan." Didn't you know? He was in a famous band - Steely Pan.Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.com