I, proud father of Kimi

[springrite]

Very good news to hear.  I supposed Kimi's approved musical response would involve the words "schoener Gotterfuenken, Tochter aus Elysium".

Indeed!

[ibanezmonster]

What you are saying is NOT as important as Beethoven!" [/i] (It was Beethoven's PC #3)

Oh, wow... this is great. I'll have to use a variation of this line sometime.
Good to hear she is back to normal.

[springrite]

Yesterday I played a DVD of Mahler 7 in its entirety, and Kimi listened to the whole thing. In the middle, there was a phone call and she answered by saying: "Call back later. I am listening to Mahler."

In the end, she declared that she loves Mahler!

I told this to a local music-loving friend and he said Mahler 7 was the last Mahler work that he "got" and it took him 15 years to like it. He was impressed. But I told him: "The problem is that you are trying to get it. Kimi never tried to get it. She simply listened."

[Opus106]

"Call back later. I am listening to Mahler."

I fully expect a Kimi Book of Quotes in three years. She's every bit as quotable as her namesake.

[Fafner]

Yesterday I played a DVD of Mahler 7 in its entirety, and Kimi listened to the whole thing. In the middle, there was a phone call and she answered by saying: "Call back later. I am listening to Mahler."

In the end, she declared that she loves Mahler!

I told this to a local music-loving friend and he said Mahler 7 was the last Mahler work that he "got" and it took him 15 years to like it. He was impressed. But I told him: "The problem is that you are trying to get it. Kimi never tried to get it. She simply listened."

I only just discovered this thread and after reading through some of those stories, I have to say: Awesome little girl you got there. 

Tell her I am sending my regards.

[Mirror Image]

Yesterday I played a DVD of Mahler 7 in its entirety, and Kimi listened to the whole thing. In the middle, there was a phone call and she answered by saying: "Call back later. I am listening to Mahler."

In the end, she declared that she loves Mahler!

I told this to a local music-loving friend and he said Mahler 7 was the last Mahler work that he "got" and it took him 15 years to like it. He was impressed. But I told him: "The problem is that you are trying to get it. Kimi never tried to get it. She simply listened."

Ha! I love it, Paul! Nobody bothers Kimi when she's listening to Mahler. Nobody.

[ibanezmonster]

Yesterday I played a DVD of Mahler 7 in its entirety, and Kimi listened to the whole thing. In the middle, there was a phone call and she answered by saying: "Call back later. I am listening to Mahler."

In the end, she declared that she loves Mahler!

She is smart and has good taste! 

[springrite]

During Nachtmusik II:

"Daddy! Daddy! Listen to that beautiful passage. Wait, it is gone... but trust it, it will come back again... See! Here it is!"

She has apparently gotten a feel for the "symphonic structure" and knew that certainly themes do come back.

She has also given lyrics to some themes. For the Beethoven first PC, last movement, one passage has the words "I push, I push, I push push push! I pull, I pull, I pull pull pull!" to go with it. Go listen and you will find it.

[Karl Henning]

She has got straight to the heart of Beethoven, I see : )

[North Star]

I fully expect a Kimi Book of Quotes in three years. She's every bit as quotable as her namesake.

I'd buy (at least) one!
Namesake? Räikkönen? Oh yes, the master of words 

[Opus106]

Namesake? Räikkönen? Oh yes, the master of words 

In the sense that both of them seem to say it as they see it. I like that.

[springrite]

Mahlerite Update:

We picked up Kimi at 5:15pm. Got home at 5:30.

At 6, she demanded to watch more of Mahler on DVD.

We then watched Lenny conducting Mahler 1, Mahler 4 and Mahler 5.

At 9:15pm, it is time for bed. Kimi demanded Mahler 6 to be played while she sleeps.

"But that is not music for going to sleep. Some Bach or Buddhist chants might be better."
"But how can I sleep if I keep thinking about how I want to listen to Mahler?"

Anyhow, 15 minutes later she agreed to go to sleep without Mahler.

The fact is, neither Vanessa nor I could possibly go to sleep with Mahler 6! Oh them hammers!

[Karl Henning]

But how can I sleep if I keep thinking about how I want to listen to Mahler?

Zowie! : )

[springrite]

Needless to say, a couple of Mahler CDs are now in the car and will be the music of choice for awhile. (Mahler 1, Lenny/Sony, Mahler 4, Salonen/LA)

[Fafner]

Needless to say, a couple of Mahler CDs are now in the car and will be the music of choice for awhile. (Mahler 1, Lenny/Sony, Mahler 4, Salonen/LA)

I suppose it's high time to dig my teeth into Mahler as well.

[springrite]

With the chilren's chorus and all, you'd think Kimi would like the Mahler 3rd? Oh no! She liked it OK but her mind drifted in and out. She did not like the simple melodies reminding people of childrens' songs.

Guess I have to play her the 6th soon. The way it looks so far, the 6th might be right up her alley.

[springrite]

Kimi has found a new way to win but lose friends in the process:

"I want to be the princess and you be the big bad wolf."
"I want to be the princess!"
"I wan to be the princess!"

"Listen, let do it this way. When we get in the car, my dad will play some music. We guess whose music it is. The winner gets to decide. Fair?"
"I guess so."

"Now, whose music is it?"
"Huh?"
"OK, I will give you some help. Is it Beethoven?"
"Uh..."
"Is it Rachmaninov?"
"Uh... yes?"
"No, but I will give you one more chance. The name starts with m..... ma..... mah...."
"Mom?"
"No, it is Mahler! See, I gave you every chance to win, but you didn't guess it right. So I get to be the princess."

If she keeps this up she will lose all her friends. I will need to have a talk with her later...

[North Star]

Or perhaps you should 'play' with her (for some dessert or staying up late to hear Mahler or whatever it is that little girls usually want...) and see if she learns her lesson.

[Bogey]

The fact is, neither Vanessa nor I could possibly go to sleep with Mahler 6! Oh them hammers!

So what you are saying, Paul is that Kimi has found an early love for heavy metal   Someone get Andy on the line!

PS I am sure you are happy the NHL is under way.

[springrite]

So what you are saying, Paul is that Kimi has found an early love for heavy metal   Someone get Andy on the line!

PS I am sure you are happy the NHL is under way.

Yes, I am happy but I don't get NHL here in China. Well, for some reasons one of the channels here shows delayed Avalance games. So I do get the KINGS once in a while.
Maybe Kimi will like hockey? One of Kimi's favorite cartoon episodes is Caillou learning to skate and play hockey. Well, you Canadians know Caillou better than Americans, I guess.

This after Kimi told me Mozart is so boring he puts her to sleep...