Allan Thanks for that sorry I could not reply before this. You gave a lot to think about but it boils down to what do musicians get from performing music? Why...
Brendan Many thanks for your posting. You yourself raise many valid points, and in the main I would agree with you, I think. You certainly provided much food...
Yes Alan never let it be said that Bruckner's horn parts are not rich pickings indeed. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
In 2005 I attended the Bruckner Festival in Zürich Tonhalle. Before Bruckner IX began I met a swiss woman in the foyer, a violin player in an orchestra, and...
Gert Forgive me that's so funny it cheered me up and made me think of the famous comic sketch where the conductor is interrupted by so much audience coughing ...
You should also read message 6266 from this Anton Bruckner Club, dating from october 3 last year. Philip Miller, John Berky and others were bringing anecdotes...
Or the famous Spike Jones skit ("The Jones Laughing Record") where two musicians -- a pianist and a trombonist -- set out to play Flight of the Bumblebee from...
Eric -That's going back a while but I will try to get a hold of it - yours sounds more like that Dudley more sketch in which he plays a Liszt piano concerto...
Good stuff Gert ; ). Yes these things happen, the funny thing also is that when I attend a concert the mood is always reverent like no one wishes to make a...
Alan as you are a french horn player(?) are you familiar with a short passage at the begining of the development in the first movement 6th symph? a little...
Seems like today is the 60th Birthday of conductor Herreweghe. Thanks - besides keeping an individual voisce in HIP baroque and classical repertoire - for an...
Just a slight caveat Josh -- anyone who takes up playing an instrument, any instrument, in earnest and not just for the fun of it, becomes a slave to it, trust...
Dear Josh, Could you tell us something more on how different the audience was before the advent of modern orchestra's ? Interesting. You did read something on...
Dear all, I would like to say the 1985 recording of Bruckner VIII in which maestro Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the World Philharmonic Orchestra, released on...
The Herreweghe 7th is one of the most sensitive and well balanced performances of this great symphony. Thanks to this conductor for presenting us with such a...
This comment came to mind when thinking of the excellent book "The Great Conductors" Also I am always reminded of Le Sacre du printemps episode, where the...
After the performance of the 8th an orchestra member made a comment which made me chuckle. I asked him what he thought of the 8th, also thanking him for the...
Thanks Alan for explaining the musicians' POV. I have also heard from other musicians that Shostakovich music pleases them. I was told the Eight symphony is...
Jorge Thanks I suppose playing is like any type of work some find it more rewarding than others and as we have seen it depends on what your playing both in the...
Hi, Thanks Brendan for your reply. I'm not quite sure of understanding all your post, due my `sometimes-limited' English. I'm not sure I agree with you...
Jorge Thanks for that reply if I could sum up what I think the problem with the VPO was in one word it is Tradition - yes much earned with a capitol 'T'. The...
I am sure I heard a well-known conductor on BBC radio only a few years ago, invited to comment on the inexplicable issue of why Bruckner 6 was performed so...
During the Edinburgh Festival last year, Donald Runnicles said in a pre-concert interview on BBC 3 that he simply didn't understand the finale of the 6th....
Hey Josh, Belated congratulations on your graduation! Great achievement! Hope you get a little breather before whatever is to come next for you. Best, Neil...
Interesting Josh, How was the ambiance in Florida then ? At the Festival in Zürich the great applause for Leipzig Gewandhausorchester was partly because of...
Amen to that my friend, by the way a Cezanne landscape or the "Bathers" i believe it is called, are simply amazing, lately Constable paintings have fascinated...
Much thanks Neil, not belated perfect timing as today was the ceremony, yes a trip to Europe for the Brucknerfest is coming up, what a blessing! Best, Josh ...
And about audiences back then -- even around the time of the Stravinsky premiere -- let's not forget the scandalous night (March 31, 1913) Arnold Schönberg...
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