Elgar Sesquicentenary

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karlhenning

Who conducting, Sarge? Elder?

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: karlhenning on July 06, 2007, 08:41:47 AM
Who conducting, Sarge? Elder?

No, Jiri Belohlavek...so we'll be getting a Czech flavored Enigma  ;D

First half the program will be Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with Piotr Anderszewski.

Sarge

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

karlhenning

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 06, 2007, 08:52:40 AM
No, Jiri Belohlavek...so we'll be getting a Czech flavored Enigma  ;D

First half the program will be Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with Piotr Anderszewski.

Well, Sarge, I hope he plays it with more focus for you, than he did when we heard him play this in Boston.

PerfectWagnerite

Beethoven 1st PC and Elgar's Enigma? Sounds like a snoozer...

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: PerfectWagnerite on July 06, 2007, 09:00:20 AM
Beethoven 1st PC and Elgar's Enigma? Sounds like a snoozer...

Like I said, not the most imaginative programming (that's a continual plague in the Pro Arte series: it's designed for the most conservative and rich audiences, audiences that refuse to pay for and come to anything adventurous). The Enigma is an old friend, though, one I've never heard live. I'm looking forward to it actually.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

karlhenning

Yes, I'd gladly take in a Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36, in live performance, any day.

karlhenning

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,72.msg57428.html#msg57428

Just what we were talking about here!

Quote from: karlhenning on July 06, 2007, 09:10:28 AM
Yes, I'd gladly take in a Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36, in live performance, any day.

BachQ


karlhenning

Quote from: D Minor on July 17, 2007, 08:39:20 AM
You've drawn our attention to this with such pomp and circumstance ........

And not with any bogus pomp, either:

http://www.boguspomp.com/aboutBP.html

BachQ

Quote from: karlhenning on July 17, 2007, 08:44:43 AM
And not with any bogus pomp, either:

http://www.boguspomp.com/aboutBP.html

There's nothing enigmatic about bogus pomp .........

karlhenning

Quote from: D Minor on July 17, 2007, 08:48:52 AM
There's nothing enigmatic about bogus pomp .........

RDNZL, on the other hand . . . .

karlhenning

Quote from: D Minor on July 17, 2007, 08:39:20 AM
You've drawn our attention to this with such pomp and circumstance ........

And this is the thread for people who enjoy those modest eddies of the Elgar catalogue without puffing them up as if they were (** WARNING :: FLAWED ARTS ANALOGY APPROACHING **) Fabergé eggs.

karlhenning

Quote from: M forever on July 17, 2007, 09:04:38 AM
How very kitsch to use that at a graduation ceremony  :o

It would work, though, if you had captive slaves and caskets of ivory in advance of the valedictorian.

BachQ

When it comes to Elgar, I'm a sanguine fan ........

karlhenning

:-)

I have got to crack open those Elgar symphonies one of these days . . . .

BachQ

In my mind, Elgar embodies -- no, epitomizes -- the land of Hope and Glory ........

BachQ

........ as I reminisce about my Wand of Youth .........

karlhenning

Separately . . . things about Elgar you never suspected:

Quote from: knight on July 17, 2007, 09:33:56 AM
. . . sandpapering your private parts will be less frustrating and perhaps even more pleasureable . . . .

BachQ

Quote from: karlhenning on July 17, 2007, 09:35:59 AM
Separately . . .

Is it really separate? .......... or is it, in fact, part of some larger Elgarian matrix? ..........

karlhenning