Yeah, it hurt to deny the Symphony.
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
It was a little heartbreaking to read papers/exams by students where they would describe it as chaotic or incomprehensible. I sometimes almost wondered what they were hearing.
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link
Heh, that was definitely me the first time I heard it. It's a clichéd metaphor, but you need to learn the idiom's rudiments beforehand.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that's what I hoped I was helping them do.:(
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
Tbf there needs to be a modicum of willingness on the listener's part, and most people are simply uninterested in exploring why it is they feel so repelled by that bewildering web of sounds upon encountering it for the first time. Same goes for modernist literature, painting, architecture, film, etc. There's only so much you can do as a pedagogue to awaken said willingness.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
DammmmittttI missed the one day warningPretend Sibelius 7 got 2 votes instead of one, okay?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 13 February 2020 01:23 (four years ago) link
Well clearly my vote wasn't counted. I voted Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto.
― 🚶♂️💨 (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 February 2020 01:48 (four years ago) link
A shame about the low turnout and the top result (j/k, I like Gershwin).
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 11:31 (four years ago) link
Onwards to an especially dire decade for our would-be illustrious species:
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1930s
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
Pretend Sibelius 7 got 2 votes instead of one, okay?
my man
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 February 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
<3
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
Sibelius's 7th deserved better. I'm glad even The Tempest got a vote, though – it absolutely rules.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
Oh man, no Janacek pieces got a vote? That's brutal. This was his decade, too bad there were so many other luminaries around at the same time.If anyone hasn't heard these Janacek pieces by any chance please give them a listen. All of them.
― ascai, Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
:(
They're all wonderful, but I have a soft spot for the string quartets, especially as played by the Pražák Quartet.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
xpost
i yield to no one in my love for sibelius' incidental music. Sure the tempest is the coup de grace but swanwhite, pelleas, king christian and jedermann are just as dear to me. I love that there's this other less rigorously self-critical side to him which is just all wonderful hooks and fairy wishes
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 13 February 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link