Your first classical 'hero'?

[Ataraxia]

Well you just wait. That's all.

This is easy. I'm always waiting.

[Karl Henning]

Nice dissonance between that post and your av.

[Elgarian]

This is easy. I'm always waiting.

Waiting? That wasn't 'waiting'. This time you'll find out what real waiting is!

[Karl Henning]

The 10%-off promotional does not apply to Waiting.

[Elgarian]

Yea, even Doom is contained in The Shed. For a limited time only, 10% off Doom . . . .

Although it might cost that bit extra (even with the discount), this is the best Doom there is.

[Elgarian]

The 10%-off promotional does not apply to Waiting.

But if you wait long enough, it might.

[Karl Henning]

Although it might cost that bit extra (even with the discount), this is the best Doom there is.

The best Doom that money can buy!

But if you wait long enough, it might.

But wait! There's . . . .

[Marc]

My first classical hero was Johann Sebastian Bach. As a kid, I immensely enjoyed playing his little keyboard pieces, especially that famous Bourrée from the E-minor lute suite and the two Inventionen in C-Major and D-minor.

He continued to be my classical hero when I seriously began listening to classical music (radio, vinyl). During my teenage years, my fave Bach performer was Nikolaus Harnoncourt. So, he's kind of an early hero, too.

Thanks to Lucia Popp (she's also an early heroine), my first classical heroine was Susanna, bride-to-be of Figaro in Mozart's opera. I was rather jealous of that lucky b*st*rd .... he should have married his mother!

[Lisztianwagner]

My first classical hero was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart If I seriously started loving classical music, it was because of his outstanding works, especially symphonies No.40 & 41, and Le Nozze di Figaro, which were the very first Mozart's pieces I listened to.
Though he had to share the position with Herbert von Karajan, who was the first conductor I knew and who became my favourite one from that moment; I've always enjoyed his performances so, so much, absolutely beautiful!

[Gurn Blanston]

Surprisingly enough, it actually was Haydn. My Dad had a LP with Symphonies 94 & 100 on it and even at 10 years old, I liked the hell out of it (and managed to shorten its lifespan for him too!). I think that's why, when I cam back to Classical 20 years ago, Haydn was where I started out again. 

[Karl Henning]

Surprisingly enough, it actually was Haydn.

You could not have known, but I am not surprised (and nice pun on the Hob. I:94)!

[North Star]

My first classical hero was most likely Bach, and the concertos, solo violin & cello music were the first classical music I loved.
Or it might have been Beethoven, too, with his 5th piano concerto.

[owlice]

Why is there this confusion between something that on the one hand is banal and foolish (hero worship), and something that, on the other, is fine and intensely human (admiration and gratitude)? I don't get it.

Perhaps because some see something that isn't there, as they supply it from within themselves. It is not the fault of the one who admires another's work, but of the one who reads of the admiration and fails to see what is clearly stated.

I understand your frustration.

[Rinaldo]

I might have found mine.

http://www.youtube.com/v/SJU0lC3iHaY

[springrite]

I would have to say Alban Berg. I have been listening to classical music for a couple of years when one day I happened upon the MET broadcast of Wozzeck. I was totally blown away. A few days later I stopped by a friend's place and told him about it. He played me the LP of Lulu. Wow!

OK, now Berg has moved down a few spots in my book, well below Mahler, Bach, etc. But he is still one of my favorite and I will always remember him as my first real hero in classical music.

[Elgarian]

Surprisingly enough, it actually was Haydn.

I don't quite know why, Gurn, but reading this raised a warm smile, and a nod of understanding, and a feeling that all seems inexplicably right with the world today.

[Elgarian]

Perhaps because some see something that isn't there, as they supply it from within themselves. It is not the fault of the one who admires another's work, but of the one who reads of the admiration and fails to see what is clearly stated.

I understand your frustration.

Of course here's the other side of the coin. Maybe it's worth being misunderstood for the sake of the heightened pleasure when one is understood! Thanks.

[Sergeant Rock]

Of course here's the other side of the coin. Maybe it's worth being misunderstood for the sake of the heightened pleasure when one is understood! Thanks.

What?  I don't understand.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

(* munches popcorn *)

[chasmaniac]

If I said Hercules, would I be misunderstood?