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May 23, 2015 at 8:44 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 9:25 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:The composer of the travesty was Adam Schoenberg.
Yes, the conductor spoke to the audience and said Schoenberg was a friend of his and lived in LA and this was the 40th performance of the work which after I heard it I found it hard to believe. Playing it once could be a mistake...but 39 times? No, that is a deliberate affront to the tastes of musical audiences.
Maestro Munoz did say that the Schoenbergs just had a baby and that was why he was not in attendance. Again, after hearing it it I hope he has a job as a waiter or something otherwise the kid will starve to death. He has no future as a composer.
Munoz also threatened that he was committed to bringing new "music" to the programs at which my wife and I looked at each other and confirmed our decision to drop our season subscription. Can't take too much of that fucking shit.
May 23, 2015 at 9:21 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 9:22 pm by bennyboy.)
Modern art music isn't for everyone. It's often aggressively challenging-- you have to clear your mind and let the complex shapes and sounds "get in," and watch how different parts of your mind and feelings react to them.
In the "Music you hate" thread, I posted a video of a piece by Schoenberg that is pretty good imo. Try it?
May 23, 2015 at 9:57 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 9:58 pm by bennyboy.)
(May 23, 2015 at 9:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I'd rather slam my dick in a car door. It would be less painful than listening to anything else by that bozo.
You're not the first person to have that reaction to modern art music. Sometimes even in music school, the bullshit sensors start ringing but you have to listen to some guy lecture. Sometimes, you wonder if anything you hear is like what you see when you watch an untuned black-and-white TV: there's nothing there, but your brain makes something. And in some cases, even the artists themselves are struggling to respond to new sounds and textures: even THEY don't know what's going on.
If you think Shoenberg is bad, though, you really haven't heard much modern music.
June 8, 2015 at 11:02 pm (This post was last modified: June 8, 2015 at 11:55 pm by Rev. Rye.)
In the interest of jump-starting this thread, I would like to mention that I am currently in the midst of a big Bach kick, ripping my Bach CDs and acquainting myself with some of the masterpieces of his I missed.
Case in point: After watching Michael Haneke's The Seventh Continent, I found myself getting interested in one little detail the family mentioned in their suicide note. They mention having recently gone on a vacation and went to a church, and it was one of those churches that played Bach's cantatas, and the one they heard there had an aria called "Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod" (I am looking forward to my death.) The family's daughter heard those words and said "Me too." Granted, after looking into it, it was a little odd that they played that particular cantata, since it was apparently an Easter service and it was written for the Purification of Mary, which is invariably on February 2, but, anyway, I decided that this would be among the works I download, specifically, Thomas Quasthoff's version.
June 9, 2015 at 2:09 am (This post was last modified: June 9, 2015 at 2:10 am by Alex K.)
(June 8, 2015 at 11:02 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: In the interest of jump-starting this thread, I would like to mention that I am currently in the midst of a big Bach kick, ripping my Bach CDs and acquainting myself with some of the masterpieces of his I missed.
Case in point: After watching Michael Haneke's The Seventh Continent, I found myself getting interested in one little detail the family mentioned in their suicide note. They mention having recently gone on a vacation and went to a church, and it was one of those churches that played Bach's cantatas, and the one they heard there had an aria called "Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod" (I am looking forward to my death.) The family's daughter heard those words and said "Me too." Granted, after looking into it, it was a little odd that they played that particular cantata, since it was apparently an Easter service and it was written for the Purification of Mary, which is invariably on February 2, but, anyway, I decided that this would be among the works I download, specifically, Thomas Quasthoff's version.
Looks like a good selection.
Ah, I like Andras Schiff's versions of the Partitas. I couldn't do with one version of the Art of Fugue and other things. At least a ood piano version and the Canadian brass version. Same goes for the SMP - one in a big setting, and a more intimate version, depending on mood. No St.John's passion?
I know Glenn Gould has done many recordings that are considered classics, but I can't quite warm up to him yet...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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