tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post2277213610928314579..comments2023-08-08T12:11:29.741+01:00Comments on bara brith: This year and next's composer anniversaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-63377597684700545352010-01-09T16:47:47.660+00:002010-01-09T16:47:47.660+00:00I like 1 too - not sure how any apect of it could ...I like 1 too - not sure how any apect of it could be described as 'feral.'<br /><br />As to harps I once heard the LPO doing M9 from the back of the balcony of the RFH and the harp plinks in the last mvt were almost inaudible over some pesky bag rustling behind me! I'd paid £5 for that seat!leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-52361487662725123672010-01-09T00:00:12.067+00:002010-01-09T00:00:12.067+00:00I think no. 1 remains my all-time favourite (among...I think no. 1 remains my all-time favourite (among my favourite of all symphonies in fact - it has the added advantage of a splendid harp part, which is my instrument... so few composers can write properly for the harp); but I remember being absolutely knocked out by a performance of no.9 once in Bristol. Couldn't talk for ages afterwards - tried listening to it since and couldn't get into it at all. Weird how music does that sometimes!Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659471135874470035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-68039234725518452852010-01-08T22:00:28.247+00:002010-01-08T22:00:28.247+00:00Me neither.
I like No.7, here called, 'the un...Me neither.<br /><br />I like No.7, here called, 'the unpopular one,' not by me. Starts moodily in Bminor, has the groovy Nachtmusik movements featuring the Castrol GTX advert music and goes out with a blaze of C major Meistersingermusik.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918352234512214855.post-85901223004909845062010-01-08T18:31:26.362+00:002010-01-08T18:31:26.362+00:00I have also heard No 5 called "Kein Deutsches...I have also heard No 5 called "Kein Deutsches Himmel". Not sure why.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605146531776846589noreply@blogger.com