Haydn's Haus

[Gurn Blanston]

So I have been listening to and looking hard at this splendid Andante & Variations in f  we have been talking about, and writing about it this week seemed particularly timely. Hope you find it interesting.

Inspiration comes from many places...

Thanks,

[Scion7]

Nice touch on Dussek on your smog.  I mean, bog. Darn, I meant dog.
Jog! no
Cog! no
Fog! no

. . . 

Log?

[Gurn Blanston]

Nice touch on Dussek on your smog.  I mean, bog. Darn, I meant dog.
Jog! no
Cog! no
Fog! no

. . . 

Log?

Thanks, I'm a big Dussek pan. I mean van. Darn, I meant can.

Umm, fan.

[Karl Henning]

First day with the new singers, gents?

[Gurn Blanston]

First day with the new singers, gents?

I was just working on warming up the brain. Lord knows what overcame Scion overnight... I think he was overwhelmed with my new essay.  0:)

[Scion7]

.... Lord knows what overcame Scion overnight...

It's the word, "blog" - sounds like a creature from a sci-fi movie!

Run away, run for your lives - it's the Blawg!!!!   

[Gurn Blanston]

It's the word, "blog" - sounds like a creature from a sci-fi movie!

Run away, run for your lives - it's the Blawg!!!!   

Quite so. I remember the first time I heard it, I was like 'huh?', what the hell is that? 

[Gurn Blanston]

For those of you who took the time to listen to my earlier podcast interview with Alan Missroon of 'Fugue for Thought', thank you for the interest you showed.

Alan wrote to me this morning saying he had posted Part 2 of that interview, so I have posted the link here for anyone who is still interested. I must say, Alan is one of the best interviewers around, and managed to make me sound, at least, a little bit interesting and not like the crackpot you all know I am.

Part 1
Part 2

Thanks,
Gurn

[Que]

For those of you who took the time to listen to my earlier podcast interview with Alan Missroon of 'Fugue for Thought', thank you for the interest you showed.

Alan wrote to me this morning saying he had posted Part 2 of that interview, so I have posted the link here for anyone who is still interested. I must say, Alan is one of the best interviewers around, and managed to make me sound, at least, a little bit interesting and not like the crackpot you all know I am.

Part 1
Part 2

Thanks,
Gurn

That's great! 

For those who haven't heard part 1: strongly recommended!

Q

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Classical CD Of The Week: A Timeless Combination Of Ligeti And Haydn


Joseph Haydn / György Ligeti, Concertos , Shai Wosner (piano), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Onyx

[Gurn Blanston]

Reminds me of the CD I have with violin sonatas by Haydn and... Schnittke! I guess it is the contrast aspect they are going for; it is certainly there!

[Karl Henning]

Reminds me of the CD I have with violin sonatas by Haydn and... Schnittke! I guess it is the contrast aspect they are going for; it is certainly there!

Vertiginous, one may almost suggest 

[Gurn Blanston]

UNLESS you do this sort of thing, blogging, that is, on a regular basis, it is hard to imagine how hard it is to write certain essays. This time, I was wanting to look at some of my favorite quartets, and since they were late works, written for London, I fully expected to have to toss out extra material. Imagine my surprise when it took me 3 full weeks to find anything at all to put on paper!!! But in the end, virtue always wins out. Despite that, I got this one done, and I hope you enjoy it.

The London Quartets, born in fog!

Thanks,

[Old Listener]

UNLESS you do this sort of thing, blogging, that is, on a regular basis, it is hard to imagine how hard it is to write certain essays. This time, I was wanting to look at some of my favorite quartets, and since they were late works, written for London, I fully expected to have to toss out extra material. Imagine my surprise when it took me 3 full weeks to find anything at all to put on paper!!! But in the end, virtue always wins out. Despite that, I got this one done, and I hope you enjoy it.

The London Quartets, born in fog!

An excellent addition to your blog.  You thought about a lot of things and I will now be thinking about them too.

Thanks,

[SurprisedByBeauty]

UNLESS you do this sort of thing, blogging, that is, on a regular basis, it is hard to imagine how hard it is to write certain essays. This time, I was wanting to look at some of my favorite quartets, and since they were late works, written for London, I fully expected to have to toss out extra material. Imagine my surprise when it took me 3 full weeks to find anything at all to put on paper!!! But in the end, virtue always wins out. Despite that, I got this one done, and I hope you enjoy it.

Very informative, indeed! Thanks much, once again.

[Gurn Blanston]

An excellent addition to your blog.  You thought about a lot of things and I will now be thinking about them too.

Thanks,

Very informative, indeed! Thanks much, once again.

Thanks very much to both of you. I have to admit, I was happier with the final result than I was at any time in the gestation process.   

[Karl Henning]

Hat's off to you, Gurn!

[Gurn Blanston]

Hat's off to you, Gurn!

Thanks, Karl.

You can say that, with your hair and all, but for me, it means just a ferocious sunburn...

[Madiel]

I frequently tell people about the "noise killer" tactic as an illustration of why I enjoy finding out about the context of the music I listen to.

[Gurn Blanston]

I frequently tell people about the "noise killer" tactic as an illustration of why I enjoy finding out about the context of the music I listen to.

Oh yes, the context expands the enjoyment for me too. And you frequently hear this in symphonies, even a long, Adagio introduction is a form of it in its perverse way. The less usual thing here is that Haydn stuck it onto a quartet. I think (just my own idea) that it enabled him  to continue on the rest of the piece in a style more similar to his own, without some of the other features of a quatuor brillant. No aimless virtuosity, for example.

"I have your attention, now listen to this".