Ottevanger's Omphaloskeptic Outpost

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lukeottevanger

#220
June 01, 2007, 06:30:21 AM
Call that unreserved support? Why, I oughta.... >:D ;D ;)

Guido

#221
June 02, 2007, 04:15:56 PM
Careful there Luke - that's almost an emoticon Symphony!

Actually that's not a bad idea!

Brandis Emoticon Symphony no.1
I.Allegro Maestoso: $:) :-\ ???
II.Adagio Affetuoso: 0:) :'( :-*
III.Scherzo: ;D >:D :P
IV:Allegro:  8) :D $:)

Who am I kidding. That's the worst idea ever. Ever...
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

Maciek

#222
June 02, 2007, 04:43:44 PM
Well, frankly, the first part is a bit too tame for my tastes. I do like the rest though. The second starts off a bit strange but it gets better later on, the scherzo is truly diabolical, and I love the way the finale is rounded off by a return to the opening subject of the first part! part!

Guido

#223
June 03, 2007, 05:50:18 AM
I know it's not perfect, but I'm glad that you aprecciate the subtle details. details.
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

Maciek

#224
June 03, 2007, 11:07:01 AM
Check out the new thread!

Guido

#225
June 03, 2007, 12:01:28 PM
Yeah! yeah..
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

lukeottevanger

#226
June 03, 2007, 01:46:01 PM
I interrupt this learned discourse to bring news of a new poem by my daughter - well, you did ask ;D. She composed this whilst on holiday in Tenerife this week:


Moon Shine

Moon Moon Moon Moon
The moon is made of cheese
You'll never be able to reach it
Or eat it

Maciek

#227
June 03, 2007, 02:03:58 PM
Succinctly put and very true! And sad in a way... Sigh. :'(

lukeottevanger

#228
June 03, 2007, 02:13:12 PM
Such insight into the futility of the human condition at such a tender age... ;)

lukeottevanger

#229
June 03, 2007, 02:33:41 PM
Anyway....[trying to get back on topic slightly] anyone managed to download and listen to/read through the sonata yet?

Guido

#230
June 03, 2007, 03:48:43 PM
QuoteMoon Shine

Moon Moon Moon Moon
The moon is made of cheese
You'll never be able to reach it
Or eat it

I bloody love that!

I havent been able to liste any more as of yet. But then no-one else has yet commented at all, so I still have some excuse. And exams. exams.
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

karlhenning

#231
June 03, 2007, 04:38:00 PM
I'm perfectly okay with never being able to eat the moon  0:)

lukeottevanger

#232
June 04, 2007, 02:03:43 AM Last Edit: June 04, 2007, 06:13:03 AM by lukeottevanger
Quote from: karlhenning on June 03, 2007, 04:38:00 PM
I'm perfectly okay with never being able to eat the moon  0:)

Karl, where's your sense of ambition, man!

or, put more poetically:

...aye, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp
or what's a heaven for...

(some Browning - Andrea del Sarto - I approximately remember from A level English)

My daughter is only working in the grand line, it seems

greg

#233
June 04, 2007, 08:05:44 AM
i'd REALLY like to comment right now, but i want to listen to everything first and then say something about everything.

but........ there's a lot of files that won't play. Like Correspondences and the Sonata. So I don't know what to do  ???

lukeottevanger

#234
June 04, 2007, 11:35:16 AM
Strange  ??? Is anyone else having problems? I played the sonata (among other things) on the computer at work the other day, it didn't seem to have any problems. How odd  ???

Maciek

#235
June 04, 2007, 11:36:36 AM
Greg, how many times do I have to repeat? ::) Get yourself a download manager! $:) ;D 8)

lukeottevanger

#236
June 04, 2007, 11:51:06 AM
They're not very big files, as I've shrunk them all by resampling them at a low bitrate for the purposes of uploading them. So I doubt that's the problem, though I rather hope that's all it is.

greg

#237
June 04, 2007, 11:51:36 AM
Quote from: MrOsa on June 04, 2007, 11:36:36 AM
Greg, how many times do I have to repeat? ::) Get yourself a download manager! $:) ;D 8)
that brings me to another question (btw, i do usually use Getright for most stuff)
how do you save the mp3 files? i REEAAAAAAAALLY would like to save them  :'(

lukeottevanger

#238
June 04, 2007, 12:18:55 PM
When you click on the link the page that opens ought to have to have a download button. It does when I do it, anyway!

karlhenning

#239
June 04, 2007, 12:39:55 PM
Quote from: lukeottevanger on May 23, 2007, 01:29:39 PM
OK, I'm going to take my life in my hands. Be gentle with me:

Here's a link to the very low bitrate mp3 of the piece (2 mb for an 18 minute+ piece  :o ).

And here's the link to the score of the piece. Part of the deal is: download the mp3, you must download the score too ;) ;D I'll be checking.... $:) ;)

Luke, I've just listened to the first and second movements.  Beautiful piece!  I like it a great deal.

Most of it is perfectly idiomatic for the clarinet.  The only thing that seems to invite trouble so far is m. 62 of the second movement, page 14.  The clarinet line is in C, yes?  That high F# to G trill is easily manageable written at that pitch;  it's up in the nosebleed range, where fingerings are peculiar, and I'll need to check with clarinet in hand to see if it works in transposition (for the B-flat clarinet, that's G# - A) . . . but maybe there's an easy trill-key cheat that I just need to 'discover'.

But from a sheer musical viewpoint, I love the piece!  Wish I had a pianist to play it with!  (And at some point, there will be a pianist.)
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