The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields had plenty before Tuesday's
downbeat in Jones Hall. First, Murray Perahia, the announced conductor
and piano soloist, withdrew from the 11-city tour after his doctors
recommended extended rest to recover from a skin infection. Then his
replacement, Sir Neville Marriner, who founded the Academy in 1959,
stabbed his left hand with his baton during Tuesday's rehearsal
onstage.

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8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA&um=1&hl=en&tab=wn&q=Neville+Marriner&btnG=Sea
rch+News

French conductor Serge Baudo was awarded honorary citizenship of the
Czech capital of Prague for his great contribution to the development
of Prague culture and the promotion of Czech music abroad, at a
ceremony at Prague's Old-Town Hall Tuesday.

Baudo, 80, said he really appreciates the honour and he would do his
utmost to deserve it.

Baudo performed in Prague for the first time in 1959.
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Two of my posts didn't show up recently.  Just seeing if this will
work by actually posting it as a topic, rather than a reply.
Moderators, what's going on with that?




Steve

Sorry for the delay in posting. Moderator' town was his by storm which knocked
out cablemodem and electricity for a few days. (Monterrey Mexico). Back to
normal today.

--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, "David Runnion"
<davidrunnion@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> After years of inactivity it seems this list is still alive! I'm not
sure
> this will get through but if it does, hello everybody (LaMirande are
you
> around?)
> Here's what I've been up to lately:  www.windhamorchestra.net
>
> David Runnion
> Brattleboro, Vermont


Hello!  Yes.   It has awaken.

Adolovni Acosta
New York, New York

Hello,
After years of inactivity it seems this list is still alive! I'm not sure
this will get through but if it does, hello everybody (LaMirande are you
around?)
Here's what I've been up to lately:  www.windhamorchestra.net

David Runnion
Brattleboro, Vermont

Listers we got hit by a strong wind storm earlier this
week which knocked out all electricity in the northern
Mexico area. We live in the Sierra Madre Orientals
near Monterrey. It took a few days and nights of
candleight before things got back to normal.
I just posted latest messages.
>>>>>>
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Powerful winds with gusts
reaching 60 mph lashed the northern Mexico city of
Monterrey on Tuesday, toppling trees and billboards,
and leaving two people dead and six injured.
A construction worker was killed when a wall collapsed
on him, and another person died in a traffic accident
during the wind storm, said Pedro Trevino of the
city's civil defense office.

A bus crashed into a fallen billboard, injuring six
people. None of their injuries were life threatening,
Trevino said.

The winds also knocked out power to part of the city
and whipped up large dust clouds.




      
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     Posted by: "John White" john@... johnhiltonwhite
    For myself, I'm still plodding on copying out rare 19th Century
scores note by note into Noteworthy software to upload to the
Noteworthy Scriptorium at http://nwc-scriptorium.org
<http://nwc-scriptorium.org/>   and, in MIDI format to the  Classical
Music Archives www.classicalarchives.com
<http://www.classicalarchives.com/>]]]

---I used to play around a lot with Noteworthy. But it is a bit
limited. I have started learning guitar a year or two ago, and since
then have not bothered with Noteworthy anymore, because there seems to
be no way to notate guitar-type chords on it (i.e. complex chords in
which the notes do not all have the same duration.)

--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, "John White" <john@...> wrote:


>The chief snag is that even the best
> sound cards are rather bad at reproducing the sounds of bowed stringed
> instruments.




I know what you mean.  Are you using any form of notation software?
The reason I ask is that I am using Finale 2008, and I just purchased
the Garritan Personal Orchestra to go along with it.  There are still
certain things that don't sound quite right like pizzicato and
glissandos, but overall the sound is pretty darn good, at least for a
computer program of course.  I think it was totally worth the money
for someone who actively composes with Finale or another notation
program using MIDI and soundcard instrument sounds.


The only catch is that you cannot apply the Garritan sounds to
documents that were created before the installation of the GPO.  At
least I cannot figure out how at this point.  But I'm putting together
a piece for orchestra, and probably one for wind ensemble in the
ensuing months, and the program is good enough that I wouldn't be
ashamed to have friends and family hear previews.  You may want to
check it out if you are not familar.  I'm also going to go back
through a string quartet I wrote a while back and probably re-input
the notes into the GPO string quartet group because I have had some
real playback issues with that file for some reason.  It may be more
trouble than it's worth though.  If not, I can try to post the results
for you guys to check out if you're interested.



cheers,
Steve

Steve, I do not practice all day.  I guess four to five hours with
breaks is considered all day.  I like all kinds of intruments and
combinations, that is when I listen when I am having my meals, writing
emails, and when I go to concerts.    To avoid tension in the arms and
hands, it is important to loosen the wrists and lower the shoulders. My
teacher at Juilliard, Miecyzlaw Munz, helped me use my wrists such as
when moving from one register to another, in playing octaves, etc.
Zenon Fishbein, with whom I had private lessons for a few years, also
teaches this.   Thanks for the info on the CD.   Adolovni Acosta
--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, Stevevasta@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/18/2008 11:18:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, Lov
writes:
>
> > I do not like downloads either. I still have many LPs. Besides, I
> > practice the piano for hours daily so I listen to myself.
> >
>
> Well, I _don't_ practice -- though I need to start again --
accompanying this
> competition this past weekend made me realize how much my technique
has
> frayed for sightreading purposes! (The problem is, of course, that 90%
of the time,
> I'm playing music -- songs or arias -- that I already know, and
they're sort
> of in muscle memory already.) A few lessons with a teacher will put me
on the
> right track for practicing -- I'm always afraid of building tension
problems
> in!
>
> But I have a similar reaction as you do, about playing all day. Since
I play
> the piano in some form for most of my living -- and I never really
cared for
> the piano's sound to begin with (my great love was, and still is, the
> orchestra) -- I almost never listen to solo piano records! Concertos,
yes.
>
> BTW -- I just heard a terrific CD -- an all-Schumann program with
Thomas
> Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra (BIS). Absolutely
first-class. My
> review should appear in "Time Out/New York" in a few weeks.
>
> SFV
>
>
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--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, Karen <johnsonkaren@...>
wrote:
>
> Everyone translates "Blumine", the discarded movement from Mahler's
1st symphony, as "flowers"
> (or, perhaps, "flowering").  My high school German tells me,
logically, that it must be related to
> Blume, which is the word for flowers.  Yet the Cassell's dictionary
doesn't show this spelling
> (Blumine) anywhere.  Could it mean "flowering" or "flowery"?  If
anyone has a definitive answer,
> please share.
>
>
>
>         ...karen j
>  Media writer
>
>
"Bluemen" is plural for flowers,  "Blume" is flower. "Blumine" is not
a German spelling. A friend who speaks German, and who lived and
studied in Germany, said she has not heard of the word "blumine."
Someone  may have a better answer.

Adolovni Acosta


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Jack Kelso wrote:



Some of my
personal favorites are:

VOLKMANN:  Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, op. 44
GOETZ:  Symphony in F Major, op. 9
RAFF:  Symphony No. 8 in A Major ("Frühlingsklänge")
GOLDMARK:  Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat
DRAESEKE:  Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Tragica")

...and many, many others.

Slowly but surely the Scandinavian composers are moving into the
repertoire (Berwald, Gade, Svendsen and Sinding) but Danish composer
Viktor Bendix and Norwegian Johann Halvorsen are still a long way
from becoming known to the average concert-goer.  Even German radio
here plays these works only very rarely (Raff fares best, but he's
got 11 symphonies!).  These symphonies must offer something----after
all, Brahms considered Felix Draeseke his closest competition in the
symphony---NOT Bruckner or Tschaikowsky.

Is anyone else on this site familiar with any of these works?



----------------------------------------------------------------

I'm not familiar with any of the specific works you mention. I heard the Goetz
symphony
long, long ago, on a Genesis LP. It's the sort of thing I enjoy, but I always
found the
threadbare playing of the Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra hard to take (and they
were recording
_a lot_ in the early 1970s -- presumably they came cheap!). Is there a newer
recording, perhaps
with a more polished orchestra?

I bought a flock of Raff Symphonies last year at Borders -- some of the old
CPO-label things
have been reissued, in effect, as "midprice" 2-CD sets -- but I've not heard
them yet. (In fact,
I'm not entirely sure _which_ shopping bag they're in...! <G>)

I should be most curious about the Goldmark. Like many record collectors, I'm
only vaguely
familiar with his "Rustic Wedding" Symphony (more a five-movement tone poem --
recommendation:
Bernstein) and the Violin Concerto.

Among the Romantics, my personal neglected composer is Kalinnikov, but of course
he's not in the
Austro-German line! Borodin also doesn't get quite as much attention as I think
he deserves. (But
skip the new Rattle/Berlin recording of the Second Symphony -- in fact, my
review of that should
be appearing in Time Out/New York any week now).

SFV







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David Runnion wrote:



I'm music director now of a community orchestra in southern Vermont, the
Windham Orchestra. www.windhamorchestra.net. Still playing cello here and
there.






Delighted you're still here, David. Seems so prosaic that you're living in the
U.S. -- there always
?seemed something vaguely romantic about your having been in Spain, or Mallorca,
or wherever.

Glad the conducting's going well (it must be, since you seem to be doing more of
it).

How's the shoulder?

SFV







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Everyone translates “Blumine”, the discarded movement from Mahler’s 1st
symphony, as “flowers”
(or, perhaps, “flowering”).  My high school German tells me, logically, that it
must be related to
Blume, which is the word for flowers.  Yet the Cassell’s dictionary doesn’t show
this spelling
(Blumine) anywhere.  Could it mean “flowering” or “flowery”?  If anyone has a
definitive answer,
please share.



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Thanks, Steve, for the news of the Hans Rott site which I shall have to look
into soon. The Noteworthy Scriptorium is a repository of over 3000 musical
items of a wide range of genres uploaded by various users of Noteworthy
Composer score writing software. You can find it at its new address
http://nwc-scriptorium.org <http://nwc-scriptorium.org/>   On arrival,
download a copy of Noteworthy Viewer freeware and explore the site for
whatever music interests you. You can do so either by composer or type of
music. When you have found what you want, you can download and listen to it,
provided you have a good wave table sound card and a reasonable audio
output. An added bonus is to see the score as it is being played, the
current notes being highlighted in red. The chief snag is that even the best
sound cards are rather bad at reproducing the sounds of bowed stringed
instruments. Of the music I have contributed you'll find 3 symphonies each
by Raff and Spohr and one each by Cherubini, Michael Haydn( sometimes known
as Mozart's Symphony No 37, since he added a slow introduction), Robert
Fuchs(1847-1927)( Teacher of various better known composers such as Mahler
and Sibelius), Hubert Parry( best known for his setting of Jerusalem) and
myself. Of the chamber music on offer, I particularly recommend Spohr's
Nonet and Ignaz Lachner's Piano Trios Nos 1 and 4.

       Cheers

          John.





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I am becoming more interested in symphonies other than the great
masters as well; however, I am learning more about other classical
composers, rather than romantics.  Thus, I've been listening to
recordings of Stamitz (both Karl and Johann), Vanhal, Abel, Wagenseil,
Gossec, and so on.  I have a theory why it's getting easier to find
their music, and it has to do with CDs.  In the days of vinyl, one's
recordings of, for example, Toscanini's Beethoven Symphonies would
wear out, so after about 10 years you'd get a new recording, maybe by
Ormandy, or Tennstedt, or Bernstein -- whomever.  I think people don't
replace their CDs as regularly as their LPs; I sure don't.  Anyway,
now Naxos, Chandos, and Hyperion (if it stays in business), among
others, are producing high quality recordings of lesser-known
composers on CDs.

That being said, I did buy a CD "for the heck of it" at the local
record shop, of Ernest Boehe tone poems (vol. 2, for those of you who
know the disc I'm talking about).  Not great but not horrible.

--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, "goetz08" <jkelso@...> wrote:
>
> With concert programs including a constant diet of the great 19th-
> century composers' symphonic works (especially Beethoven, Schumann,
> Bruckner, Brahms, Tschaikowsky, Dvorâk, etc.), there is no reason why
> enterprising conductors/musical organizers should not occasionally
> program lesser-known masterpieces from circa 1840 to 1910---
> beautiful, lyrical and dramatic symphonies full of fine ideas and
> often powerful expression.  Music-lovers are well advised not to
> assume that there exists any lack of quality in these works.
>
> Most of these have been recorded on hard-to-find labels.  Some of my
> personal favorites are:
>
> VOLKMANN:  Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, op. 44
> GOETZ:  Symphony in F Major, op. 9
> RAFF:  Symphony No. 8 in A Major ("Frühlingsklänge")
> GOLDMARK:  Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat
> DRAESEKE:  Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Tragica")
>
> ...and many, many others.
>
> Slowly but surely the Scandinavian composers are moving into the
> repertoire (Berwald, Gade, Svendsen and Sinding) but Danish composer
> Viktor Bendix and Norwegian Johann Halvorsen are still a long way
> from becoming known to the average concert-goer.  Even German radio
> here plays these works only very rarely (Raff fares best, but he's
> got 11 symphonies!).  These symphonies must offer something----after
> all, Brahms considered Felix Draeseke his closest competition in the
> symphony---NOT Bruckner or Tschaikowsky.
>
> Is anyone else on this site familiar with any of these works?
>
> Best regards,
> Jack Kelso
>

With concert programs including a constant diet of the great 19th-
century composers' symphonic works (especially Beethoven, Schumann,
Bruckner, Brahms, Tschaikowsky, Dvorâk, etc.), there is no reason why
enterprising conductors/musical organizers should not occasionally
program lesser-known masterpieces from circa 1840 to 1910---
beautiful, lyrical and dramatic symphonies full of fine ideas and
often powerful expression.  Music-lovers are well advised not to
assume that there exists any lack of quality in these works.

Most of these have been recorded on hard-to-find labels.  Some of my
personal favorites are:

VOLKMANN:  Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, op. 44
GOETZ:  Symphony in F Major, op. 9
RAFF:  Symphony No. 8 in A Major ("Frühlingsklänge")
GOLDMARK:  Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat
DRAESEKE:  Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Tragica")

...and many, many others.

Slowly but surely the Scandinavian composers are moving into the
repertoire (Berwald, Gade, Svendsen and Sinding) but Danish composer
Viktor Bendix and Norwegian Johann Halvorsen are still a long way
from becoming known to the average concert-goer.  Even German radio
here plays these works only very rarely (Raff fares best, but he's
got 11 symphonies!).  These symphonies must offer something----after
all, Brahms considered Felix Draeseke his closest competition in the
symphony---NOT Bruckner or Tschaikowsky.

Is anyone else on this site familiar with any of these works?

Best regards,
Jack Kelso

I'm still here too, actually. Even more here than I was before, you could
say, now that I'm living in the US.
I'm music director now of a community orchestra in southern Vermont, the
Windham Orchestra. www.windhamorchestra.net. Still playing cello here and
there.
A shoutout to A. LaMirande if he's still receiving these mails, the ol'
curmudgeon.
David Runnion
Brattleboro, VT

In a message dated 3/18/2008 11:18:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, John writes:

> Hello folks, I'm back. In fact I never went away-----the group just seemed
> to fade out. I'm still in touch with our organist friend Arthur La Mirande
> whom I had the pleasure of meeting some years back when he did a recital in
> Westminster Cathedral in London. Ann MacFarlane is still around over on the
> Noteworthy Newsgroup. She is still teaching in South Africa but has had back
> problems lately. For myself, I'm still plodding on copying out rare 19th
> Century scores note by note into Noteworthy software to upload to the
> Noteworthy Scriptorium at http://nwc-scriptorium.org
> <http://nwc-scriptorium.org/>   and, in MIDI format to the  Classical Music
> Archives www.classicalarchives.com <http://www.classicalarchives.com/>  . My
> favourite music website at present is that of the Joachim Raff Society,
> which, apart from containing a complete catalogue of his works, a potted
> biography , record reviews and where to obtain scores of his music, also
> runs 2 forums: one devoted to Raff and another for other "unsung" composers.
>

My gosh, it sounds like you've been keeping busy!

I wasn't aware there _was_ a Joachim Raff Society, but I suppose I should
have known about it. After all, there's a Hans Rott website -- I've got a
discography up on it -- and Raff is actually better known than Rott! (Can you
use any
more reviews on the site, John? <G>)

What is the "Noteworthy Scriptorium," John? Do explain. (I'm really not good
at finding anything online...!)

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In a message dated 3/18/2008 11:18:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, Lov writes:

> I do not like downloads either.  I still have many LPs.  Besides, I
> practice the piano for hours daily so I listen to myself.
>

Well, I _don't_ practice -- though I need to start again -- accompanying this
competition this past weekend made me realize how much my technique has
frayed for sightreading purposes! (The problem is, of course, that 90% of the
time,
I'm playing music -- songs or arias -- that I already know, and they're sort
of in muscle memory already.) A few lessons with a teacher will put me on the
right track for practicing -- I'm always afraid of building tension problems
in!

But I have a similar reaction as you do, about playing all day. Since I play
the piano in some form for most of my living -- and I never really cared for
the piano's sound to begin with (my great love was, and still is, the
orchestra) -- I almost never listen to solo piano records! Concertos, yes.

BTW -- I just heard a terrific CD -- an all-Schumann program with Thomas
Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra (BIS). Absolutely first-class. My
review should appear in "Time Out/New York" in a few weeks.

SFV


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Hello folks, I'm back. In fact I never went away-----the group just seemed
to fade out. I'm still in touch with our organist friend Arthur La Mirande
whom I had the pleasure of meeting some years back when he did a recital in
Westminster Cathedral in London. Ann MacFarlane is still around over on the
Noteworthy Newsgroup. She is still teaching in South Africa but has had back
problems lately. For myself, I'm still plodding on copying out rare 19th
Century scores note by note into Noteworthy software to upload to the
Noteworthy Scriptorium at http://nwc-scriptorium.org
<http://nwc-scriptorium.org/>   and, in MIDI format to the  Classical Music
Archives www.classicalarchives.com <http://www.classicalarchives.com/>  . My
favourite music website at present is that of the Joachim Raff Society,
which, apart from containing a complete catalogue of his works, a potted
biography , record reviews and where to obtain scores of his music, also
runs 2 forums: one devoted to Raff and another for other "unsung" composers.

Cheers,

       John.



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I do not like downloads either.  I still have many LPs.  Besides, I
practice the piano for hours daily so I listen to myself.
Adolovni Acosta

--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, Stevevasta@... wrote:
>
> Steve Sachse wrote:
>
> > >>So are most of the members here
> > composers, or mainly classical music enthusiasts?  >>
> >
>
> The two are not mutually exclusive ;)
>
> But I'm _not_ a composer (dear God, no!). When people ask me what I
am, I
> say, "I'm a conductor," which is true, although I'm not usually
active. When
> people ask me what I _do_, I usually feel obliged to answer
more-or-less
> truthfully and say, "I'm a coach/accompanist," which is what I do to
earn a living of
> sorts. In fact, today and tomorrow, I'm the house accompanist for a
Dutch vocal
> competition here in New York (still not sure how that works, but the
fee is
> good).
>
> But, first and foremost, I'm an enthusiast, especially of recorded
music. I
> "rediscovered" classical music as an adolescent -- an exceptionally
> impressionable time! -- and furthered my explorations through LPs --
I still have many!
> -- and then CDs. (I am not particularly interested in music
downloads, partly
> because I've got various forms of recorded music all over my floors
and have no
> need to download anything!)
>
> SFV
>
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>

I am still here.
Adolovni Acosta

Brian van der Spuy <brianvds@...> wrote:
  >
  > I have to tell you that this list has been pretty
  > much moribund for the last
  > few years. I'm not even sure how many of the old
  > "regulars" are still here.
  > Nina? Des? Jeff? Anybody?
  >

  ---Well, I am still here. Not sure why the list died
  so suddenly. Perhaps we have said all there is to say
  about classical music?  ;-)

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"Editor" writes:

> what are we listening to these days. CDs, Mp3's, Insternet?
>

As my previous post might suggest, I'm listening almost exclusively to CDs,
with the occasional vinyl LP thrown in to remind me that music has depth and
warmth, as well as definition! ;)

If anyone's curious, BTW, I've been reviewing CDs -- mostly symphonic -- for
MusicWeb  International since 2004. To find my reviews, go to the site:

      www.musicweb-international.com

and do a site search for "vasta". You should get links to a whole flock of CD
reviews, along with an outdated bio ;)

My review of the Boulez Mahler Eighth is in the upcoming (April) issue of
"Opera News" -- the print magazine, for a change, as well as the
subscribers-only
website! -- and I'm doing a couple of things for "Time Out/New York."

As for "extracurricular" listening, I've just had on Disc 1 of a "Corsaro"
(Verdi) on the Dynamic label,  drawn from an Italian opera-house performance.
Soprano excellent, tenor okay, bass insufferably wobbly, chorus _quite_ infirm
in the pitches. I may save the soprano aria tracks before I return this to the
library.

Anyone else?

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Brian wrote:

> Not sure why the list died
> so suddenly. Perhaps we have said all there is to say
> about classical music?  ;-)
>

I somehow doubt that -- especially with this crew ;)

I seem to remember a flame war starting over something stupid -- someone
objected to the length of one of Stirling Newberry's admittedly prolix analyses,
I
think, and that just seemed to light a random fuse somehow.

Anyone know anything about Dave Runnion? Last few times I tried his e-mail --
it's probably been two years now -- they bounced back. He was having shoulder
problems and so forth -- hope he's all right.

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Steve Sachse wrote:

> >>So are most of the members here
> composers, or mainly classical music enthusiasts?  >>
>

The two are not mutually exclusive ;)

But I'm _not_ a composer (dear God, no!). When people ask me what I am, I
say, "I'm a conductor," which is true, although I'm not usually active. When
people ask me what I _do_, I usually feel obliged to answer more-or-less
truthfully and say, "I'm a coach/accompanist," which is what I do to earn a
living of
sorts. In fact, today and tomorrow, I'm the house accompanist for a Dutch vocal
competition here in New York (still not sure how that works, but the fee is
good).

But, first and foremost, I'm an enthusiast, especially of recorded music. I
"rediscovered" classical music as an adolescent -- an exceptionally
impressionable time! -- and furthered my explorations through LPs -- I still
have many!
-- and then CDs. (I am not particularly interested in music downloads, partly
because I've got various forms of recorded music all over my floors and have no
need to download anything!)

SFV


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Hey folks,

Good to hear a few replies at least!  So are most of the members here
composers, or mainly classical music enthusiasts?  I enjoy most all
styles of the genre.  Right now, like I said I'm experimenting with
set-theory and 12-tone techniques.  I'm trying to work up a good
portfolio as I apply for assistantships to graduate schools in the
next year or so.  I'm listening to a lot of Elliot Carter, Milton
Babbit, Berg, Schoenberg, Webern, Terry Riley...  I had mentioned that
I was working on a piece for orchestra.  Well, that sorta led to an
idea for a piece for wind ensemble, and then I had a really cool idea
to write a set of Etudes For Solo Cello for my friend who is getting
back into playing.  So if I can get through all three of those and
write some good music, then I think I'll be in good shape.


So I'm focusing on completing the etudes now, since they won't take up
too much time, and they'll also be a good study of writing for solo
cello and using 12-tone techniques.  I'm being pretty adventurous as
far as using special techniques for the instrument, and hopefully
everything will work out okay.  I'm at a point in the first etude
where I may just end it where it is, or add some more material.  It
would work out to end it where it is, but I'm not sure how it sits
with me yet.  I'm using Finale, which doesn't give super-reliable
playback assessments, so I'm going to just print out what I have so
far and look over it for a while.


Anyone here working on anything?





cheers,
Steve

what are we listening to these days. CDs, Mp3's, Insternet?

>
> I have to tell you that this list has been pretty
> much moribund for the last
> few years. I'm not even sure how many of the old
> "regulars" are still here.
> Nina? Des? Jeff? Anybody?
>


---Well, I am still here. Not sure why the list died
so suddenly. Perhaps we have said all there is to say
about classical music?  ;-)






      
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Both of Nina's replies came through, so whatever you did the first time
worked.

I'm also on Digest -- I switched two summers ago, simply as a precaution
against a full mailbox while I was on one of my Czech trips. (As it turned out,
there were Internet cafes all over the places, and I checked e-mail every day
while I was away, courtesy of the AOL website!)

Anyway -- I had posted -- at least, I _think_ I had posted -- a concert
report or two a few years back, and they dropped like stones. Right now, I'm not
going to many concerts -- I had to drop the subscription to the "People's
Symphony" chamber concerts, because I was forgetting about them and missing too
many
-- though I heard the Philadelphia Orchestra last month in Verizon Hall. Alan
Gilbert conducted two pieces I didn't care about in the first half, and a
smashing Nielsen Second in the second.

SFV


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--- In MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com, Stevevasta@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/12/2008 10:08:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
> > Anyway, hope to
> > have some interesting discussions.
> >
>
> Welcome, Steve.
>
> I have to tell you that this list has been pretty much moribund for
the last
> few years. I'm not even sure how many of the old "regulars" are
still here.
> Nina? Des? Jeff? Anybody?
>
> SFV
>
> In a message dated 3/13/2008 10:52:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com writes:

Welcome, Steve.

I have to tell you that this list has been pretty much moribund for
the last
few years. I'm not even sure how many of the old "regulars" are still
here.
Nina? Des? Jeff? Anybody?

SFV

Hi Steve Vasta

I am still here... though now on digest. I am not sure if my first
reply went through. Apparently now that I am on digest, I have to do
things differently!

Welcome new member and glad to hear from my friend Steve!

Nina


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