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Post by julesd68 on Oct 15, 2024 13:01:43 GMT
Yes I think the difference with this documentary is that it's not full of soundbites of fawning fans telling us how Mozart was so much better than the rest ... It's a much more scholarly and less 'ITV' style approach if that makes sense ...
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 19, 2024 18:13:32 GMT
I've got a double dose of Wagner coming up in Munich at the end of the month.
First up is Das Rheingold with Jurowski pulling the strings at Bavarian State Opera. Then I have a concert performance of Tristan und Isolde Act 2 with Lise Davidson. Sir Simon provides the tunes with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Post by Slinger on Oct 19, 2024 19:01:18 GMT
But Jules, then you'll need to see Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung, or you won't know how it ends.
It's probably not too much of a spoiler if I tell you it's NOT a happy ending, unless, perhaps, you're a Rhinemaiden.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 19, 2024 19:41:37 GMT
The trouble with Wagner is that we know the good bits already.
Sadly, the rest of it (hours and bloody hours of it) is not so good.
I still remember my sister's reaction to six hours of Die Meistersinger, which her at-the-time boyfriend thought would make a good night out for her.
Good luck, Jules!
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Post by Slinger on Oct 19, 2024 23:13:55 GMT
I predict that Jules will absolutely love the spectacle of the whole thing, quite apart from the excellent music. Rheingold is the shortest opera in the cycle, if memory serves, at around two-and-a-half hours ...ish. I assume your sister attempted to correct Wagner's perceived grammatical error and insert a comma between the two words of the title, Martin?  |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 20, 2024 10:45:40 GMT
I predict that Jules will absolutely love the spectacle of the whole thing, quite apart from the excellent music. Absolutely, yes Paul! I'm looking forward to being in Munich, taking in the atmosphere of the two very different venues I'll be visiting and hopefully luxuriating in the quality of the music from first class performers. |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 20, 2024 19:22:32 GMT
Mark my words.
Whether he wins Young Musician tonight or not, 17 year old violinist Shlomi Shahaf from Ukraine could become one of the all time greats, he has that much potential. His performance of the Tchaikovsky VC was just extraordinary, bravura in extremis.
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Post by Slinger on Oct 20, 2024 20:37:47 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 21, 2024 11:25:20 GMT
"In the workshop with the Royal Academy of Music’s luthiers – in pictures | The Guardian"
This is an absolutely fabulous new article and I've now learnt that it's not just electric guitars that are being professionally "antiqued" ... 
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Post by MartinT on Oct 21, 2024 11:40:35 GMT
Fascinating. I wonder how one gets to become a luthier?
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Post by Slinger on Oct 21, 2024 13:49:15 GMT
You beat me to it, Jules. I saved that to my reading list earlier. Brilliant, isn't it?
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Post by Slinger on Oct 21, 2024 13:55:09 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Oct 21, 2024 15:54:52 GMT
Thanks!
No, I didn't want to become one.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 21, 2024 20:19:39 GMT
I think Cremona is the spiritual home of luthiers where many of the best have trained.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 23, 2024 20:12:51 GMT
MTT - Mahler 2 @ Barbican tonight.
The best symphonic performance I have ever seen?
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Post by MartinT on Oct 23, 2024 21:04:51 GMT
Mine was another Mahler 2.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 24, 2024 15:43:28 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 26, 2024 22:29:40 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Oct 26, 2024 22:54:31 GMT
When they produce a robot that can play Bazzini's "La Ronde des Lutins," on cello (with another playing the piano accompaniment) I'll take AI musicians a bit more seriously. |
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 3, 2024 9:31:32 GMT
I predict that Jules will absolutely love the spectacle of the whole thing, quite apart from the excellent music. Rheingold was quite stunning Paul with an exceptional modern production. Everything was totally on point and I won't forget the visit, quite an experience. I'll write a short review for this and also my visit to Sir Simon and the BRSO ... |
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