The Magic of the Poles

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Maciek

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July 05, 2009, 03:05:42 AM
I guess that quiz was a bit difficult after all...

karlhenning

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July 09, 2009, 03:33:15 AM
Quote from: Maciek on July 14, 2008, 04:21:15 PM
(BTW, borscht - now that's what I call ridiculous transcription! ;D)

Hear, hear!  :o ;D

Christo

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November 11, 2009, 01:46:26 PM
Quote from: Maciek on July 14, 2008, 04:21:15 PM
(BTW, borscht - now that's what I call ridiculous transcription! ;D)

Could it be a Yiddish influence, I wonder?  :-\
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

vandermolen

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January 12, 2019, 04:34:00 AM Last Edit: January 12, 2019, 04:35:56 AM by vandermolen
A plug for this engaging, atmospheric and semi-minimalist music, which I have been enjoying today as a break from Lyatoshynsky's Third Symphony:
Currently enjoying the eloquent Cello Concerto:
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Gasherbrum for Small Symphony Orchestra impressed me when I heard it on the radio recently.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

kyjo

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January 12, 2019, 08:38:15 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on January 12, 2019, 04:34:00 AM
A plug for this engaging, atmospheric and semi-minimalist music, which I have been enjoying today as a break from Lyatoshynsky's Third Symphony:
Currently enjoying the eloquent Cello Concerto:
[asin]B003NFK5TU[/asin]
Gasherbrum for Small Symphony Orchestra impressed me when I heard it on the radio recently.

Very interesting, Jeffrey! Never heard of her before. I'm always glad to be alerted of a cello concerto that I previously didn't know existed!
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

vandermolen

#165
January 13, 2019, 12:04:32 AM
Quote from: kyjo on January 12, 2019, 08:38:15 PM
Very interesting, Jeffrey! Never heard of her before. I'm always glad to be alerted of a cello concerto that I previously didn't know existed!
Oh yes, of course you're a cellist. Thanks for replying. The works are quite short, including the Symphony. There's a slight 'Mike Oldfield' element to her music but maybe I'm being disingenuous, although I actually enjoy some Mike Oldfield. I don't know if you know David Bedford's Symphony which, amazingly I've heard in concert. It has a wonderfully catchy last movement. I think that he is a more appropriate comparison for Ratusinska's music. I've already played the CD of her music twice with much enjoyment. Certainly I think you'd enjoy hearing her engaging Cello Concerto.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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