Bruckner good, Mahler boring?

[Renfield]

*facepalm*

[greg]

isn't that a very good reason to accept Jesus? 

[Bonehelm]

isn't that a very good reason to accept Jesus? 

quote of the day goes to greg.

[greg]

yay!

[jochanaan]

jochanaan, this is largely off-topic, but just out of curiousity, is that DP you? It looks like a Hollywood director or something...

You mean my avatar?  Yes, it's me.  A friend took it while I was playing on the Sixteenth Street Mall in Denver.

[Bonehelm]

You mean my avatar?  Yes, it's me.  A friend took it while I was playing on the Sixteenth Street Mall in Denver.

What kind of music/instruments do you play? it's hard to tell from that tiny picture.

[mahlertitan]

What kind of music/instruments do you play? it's hard to tell from that tiny picture.

I'll take a wild guess and say it's a flute.

[BachQ]

What kind of music/instruments do you play? it's hard to tell from that tiny picture.

ocarina

[greg]

ocarina

it's the Ocarina of Time. He got it when he went into the land of Zelda.
Since then, he checks his e-mail to find 60 original ocarina concerts each day from hopeful composers..... but it's so holy that he has to wait until the right one comes along, so only his Ocarina can play one Ocarina concerto for the rest of its life. Waiting sucks, but it'll be worth it.

i know my Ocarina hasn't seen any Ocarina concertos that I fancy lately..... 

[BachQ]

i know my Ocarina hasn't seen any Ocarina concertos that I fancy lately..... 

You need to compose your own ocarina concerto.  You must learn to free yourself from dependence on others.

[Larry Rinkel]

You need to compose your own ocarina concerto.  You must learn to free yourself from dependence on others.

Aye. Become a freethinker.

[jochanaan]

What kind of music/instruments do you play? it's hard to tell from that tiny picture.

It is a flute.  I also play oboe (my primary instrument), English horn, and sometimes piano.

[karlhenning]

I don't agree. In my opinion Elgar was blah blah blah blah some more blah

Poju, once again, this thread is not about Elgar.

[jochanaan]

And, going back to the original topic, as an orchestral oboist I have played both Bruckner (Symphony #4) and Mahler (Symphonies #1, #4).  Both composers are very gratifying for wind players, although Mahler perhaps is even more so.  When playing Mahler I have to be ready for ANYTHING! But Bruckner, although he gives the winds fewer "solo moments," is both demanding and rewarding; you feel like you're part of a chorus (not a usual feeling for a principal oboist! ).

[BachQ]

And, going back to the original topic,

You've entered the NO-ELGAR ZONE .........

[BachQ]

Poju, once again, this thread is not about Elgar.

Says Poju:

[karlhenning]

Poju, you were right, and I was mistaken. Elgar really is the best composer of all time.  Every note of his is a great, sophisticated note, with a perfectly attuned vibrational field.  I am going to spend all the rest of this week listening to Elgar, and to no other composer.

[BachQ]

Poju, you were right, and I was mistaken. Elgar really is the best composer of all time.  Every note of his is a great, sophisticated note, with a perfectly attuned vibrational field.  I am going to spend all the rest of this week listening to Elgar, and to no other composer.

Karl, did you really want that to be your "5,000th" post?

[karlhenning]

Of course not!

It was my 4,999th post.

[Don]

isn't that a very good reason to accept Jesus? 

Can't think of any reason sufficient to do that.