I'm with you, Ivan. Sometimes, though, the audience is understandably confused, as at a concert by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra last year where a number...
Gene Hanson
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Sep 1, 2003 9:02 am
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OK, OK, if you insist. Des's (seriously misguided) opinion is that Mozart is a greatly overrated composer, except for his string quintets, and, apparently...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 1, 2003 9:04 am
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Des, you should listen to your son more. I agree with Ivan that clapping between movements has the effect of spoiling the tension or other mood of the piece....
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 1, 2003 9:05 am
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*unlurks* ... It's actually the 2nd. He did this with the Pittsburgh Symphony on 11 September of last year. The next day, he came to speak to the Carnegie ...
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www.granieri.us ... From: "curtbarnesll" <minibars@...> To: <MUSICLASSICAList@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:24 PM Subject:...
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yourfriend@...
Sep 1, 2003 9:18 am
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... I do, I do! Can you imagine what it ... No, but it happens in opera quite a lot and musicals. Gene, you encapsulated my view on MOzart quite well, but it...
In a message dated 08/23/2003 6:27:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, minibars@... writes: << Would anyone recommend other great moments in wind music, or...
Stevevasta@...
Sep 1, 2003 10:42 am
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Consider me satisfied! BTW, thanks to SFV (?) and everyone for the suggestions on wind music. Curt ... that ... quintets,...
I think clapping between movements is just fine. Up to the 20th century it was SOP to applaud after each movement, in fact movements were frequently *repeated*...
triodeia@...
Sep 1, 2003 6:11 pm
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... He even owns Mahler's baton. Dave --...
triodeia@...
Sep 1, 2003 6:13 pm
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... SFV is Steve Vasta. Gene Hanson...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 2, 2003 11:11 am
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... Do you know where I can buy Brahms' baton? Gene...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 2, 2003 11:11 am
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... I haven't seen it done in ballet. I was mightily tempted, though, in one ballet, Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet, performed a number of years ago (maybe 25) by...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 2, 2003 11:11 am
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... Stupid question: Did Brahms actually conduct? This is something I don't know. d --...
triodeia@...
Sep 2, 2003 12:07 pm
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... Gosh no-one's clapped for me in years. Just these stony silences and then the tomatoes start coming. Seriously, applause during performance either as...
triodeia@...
Sep 2, 2003 12:09 pm
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... You mean like they do in Amadeus? Thank God concert behavior has improved since then. Gene...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 3, 2003 10:15 am
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He conducted a men's choir (his first conducting assignment, in his teens), the Detmold Choir, two Hamburg orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Leipzig...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 3, 2003 10:17 am
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[[[ From: triodeia@... Subject: Re: Re: Clapping between movements? Good or bad? I think clapping between movements is just fine. Up to the 20th ...
Some people can tolerate clapping during a piece more than others I suspect, though for me it can distract the mind from the journey it has begun within the...
... violin concerto. Of course! But in that case and others, the music doesn't actually stop. There's not a pause in the flow. ... Exactly. The conductor is...
triodeia@...
Sep 4, 2003 11:36 pm
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According to Alan Walker, Franz Liszt was a phenomenon while conducting his own works. But then, what was ever "normal" or typical about Mr. Liszt? Cherwyn ......
Cherwyn Ambuter
atmosphere1823@...
Sep 6, 2003 9:01 pm
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... Why not do not do any of the above? Gene...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 6, 2003 9:01 pm
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Once again, I'm with you, Ivan. Gene...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 6, 2003 9:01 pm
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... According to Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms, he was pretty bad at conducting the works of other composers because of his offhand manner but better at...
Gene Hanson
g.hanson@...
Sep 6, 2003 9:01 pm
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Thank you Ivan, your thoughts are mine too - all the way. Best regards, ~ Tel ... From: "havergal2000" <Ivanglewis@...> To:...
Tel
tellern@...
Sep 7, 2003 3:23 pm
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In a message dated 9/2/03 7:11:49 AM, g.hanson@... writes: << Don't you find it intrusive when people clap between movements when you are...
Stevevasta@...
Sep 9, 2003 2:10 pm
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Actually, you don't necessarily need a baton. Sometimes it's just in the way. I stopped conducting with a baton for several years - my shoulder problems were...
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