Hi from Sean

[Sean]

Hello there, I first posted on the forum in 2003 and have been on and off since, deriving a great deal from it, particularly in my collected periods I guess; I'm presently back in a more settled situation and pleased to type a few posts and ask questions here.

I'm the keenest of listeners, having made it a fair way down music's pyramid with the most significant work I don't know being something rather obscure now, and hence these days try to stay with exploring key recordings and performers I'm unfamiliar with. I'm very sceptical about the present and future states of art music and argue that there's nothing left to say either in composition or performance. I'm 45 and British with a background in construction and education, and interests in India and writing.

[Cato]

Greetings, Sean!

I probably speak for many when I say that I am astonished that you are not in prison!   

So what happened at your former school?  And what has been your most recent musical purchase?

[The new erato]

Greetings, Sean!

I probably speak for many when I say that I am astonished that you are not in prison!   

qoute;......."a settled situation"......say no more. It doesn't get more settled than prison.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

qoute;......."a settled situation"......say no more. It doesn't get more settled than prison.

I have an interest in Indian cuisine - actually, more than an interest, call it a fervent craving, a hunger...  A coupla bagias draped in tamarind sauce sounds good to start...

[ibanezmonster]

Hello again, Sean.

I probably speak for many when I say that I am astonished that you are not in prison!   

Lol. I must be missing an interesting story here.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Hello again, Sean.
Lol. I must be missing an interesting story here.

It is not confirmed Sean is in prison. He may be out on probation.

[ibanezmonster]

It is not confirmed Sean is in prison. He may be out on probation.

So, um... what happened? I remember him working at a school in southern China, and that's about it.

[Sean]

Hello people, nice of you to be here...

Cato, I was at a Chinese university for a while and the managers would certainly have had me in prison if I'd given them any more abuse and hassle. I prepared a list of over a hundred recommendations which they were incapable of doing anything about, and subsequently out of about 30 foreign staff 20 or more had refused to speak to me by the end. I found this quite revealing in terms of what most people are really like and put an appropriate poster on my door, Mao's pal 1949-53, for the weather vanes to walk past-



No recent music purchases I guess, but presently listening to the 1953 Keilberth Bayreuth Lohengrin.

'Settled' indeed is a relative term, my station in life being a misfit much of the time; you can't be adjusted to a maladjusted environment though and the sane in an insane society must seem insane...

ZauberdrachenNr.7, sure thing, Indian food can be great; I take a liking to the sweets they do, and I just stocked up on some teas.

Greg & Sforzando we make think we've escaped when we've only broken into the wider prison grounds. I expect a day in prison would be well worth it, must add that to my to-do list.

[Sean]

Erato, trust it's going okay for you; perhaps I can try Cato's question- any recordings lately to recommend?

[The new erato]

Thanks. Well I do report somewhat in the listening thread, but I'm pretty "out" of key recordings of the standard repertoire. The closest to that kind og thing recently must have ben Marcelle Meyers's piano Rameau. 

[Hollywood]

Welcome back Sean. 

[Sean]

Must be an interesting listen Erato, and indeed I've heard little baroque keyboard music beyond Bach on piano; the Pinnock Rameau survey I feel is unsurpassable...

How do, Hollywood...

[EigenUser]

Hi Sean.

Thanks for the "mystery scores" thread! My favorite part of GMG and the reason I joined last year!

[Sean]

Sure thing; if only I was as good at it as the experts!

[ibanezmonster]

Greg & Sforzando we make think we've escaped when we've only broken into the wider prison grounds. I expect a day in prison would be well worth it, must add that to my to-do list.

[Sean]

My regrets if I was repeating myself here, it's been a long while.

I was recently in India, whose culture resonates with me- here's a couple of photos of musical sculpture on a medieval temple in the south; other musical deities are Krishna on flute, and Saraswati my avatar here on the Veena, a forerunner of the sitar. Hey I guess I'm the only member with a real avatar...