tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post4702573791680237529..comments2023-05-27T07:47:26.610-05:00Comments on Bass Blog: Week 26Michael Hovnanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-83334228334399878612008-03-24T15:39:00.000-05:002008-03-24T15:39:00.000-05:00Good points Matt. There are two ways the programm...Good points Matt. There are two ways the programming can be deficient. <BR/><BR/>1) Not exploring fully the work of a particular composer. Even the works not today regarded as masterpieces show something of the composer’s individuality. <BR/><BR/>2) Ignoring various composers altogether.Michael Hovnanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-86914134104692039052008-03-24T13:09:00.000-05:002008-03-24T13:09:00.000-05:00My apologies to the Dawg. I should have more clea...My apologies to the Dawg. I should have more clearly signaled a departure from the sardonic to the serious. The point is not only that I could easily go the next 10 years if not the remainder of my life (hoping the latter is greater than 10 years), but also there are other meritorious pieces which may be substituted for these warhorses. Rather than Heldenleben, why not Aus Italien? Instead of Tchaikovsky 4,5 or 6, why not 1,2, or 3? Instead of another performance of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, why not The Tempest? I’d love to hear Mr. Combs play Weber over another performance of Mozart – as wonderful as it is. Instead of Dittersdorf or Kousivitsky… maybe that’s a bad example. ;) I suppose sometimes this backfires, as in last season’s performance of the Kodaly Concerto for Orchestra, but I get the impression there is another back-story there about the orchestra’s relationship with Parvo JarviMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705505236744251844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-64937834323382952792008-03-21T13:34:00.000-05:002008-03-21T13:34:00.000-05:00Sarcasm in this blog? Never!Sarcasm in this blog? Never!Michael Hovnanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-60146225093545860032008-03-20T21:24:00.000-05:002008-03-20T21:24:00.000-05:00anyone other sarcasm-deficient people wanna commen...anyone other sarcasm-deficient people wanna comment? (besides Matt "I mean what WAS Erich thinking!!!")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-63070507155424474862008-03-20T13:44:00.000-05:002008-03-20T13:44:00.000-05:00Can't forget Der Erste: Aus Italien. Everyone le...Can't forget Der Erste: Aus Italien. Everyone leaves that out. I remember a program back in '86 or '87 with Leinsdorf and the CSO with Aus Italien and of all things Brahms wind serenades.<BR/><BR/>I think I would be just fine without another performance of Ein Heldenleben. Same goes for Tchaik 5, which is on next years calendar, but I know at least people get enjoyment in playing it - if not listening to it. :)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705505236744251844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-59984966751597570762008-03-16T19:08:00.000-05:002008-03-16T19:08:00.000-05:00Readers of this blog are truly intelligent.I'm pro...Readers of this blog are truly intelligent.<BR/><BR/>I'm proud of each and every one of you!Michael Hovnanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-85536002096787423352008-03-16T18:02:00.000-05:002008-03-16T18:02:00.000-05:00Don Juan, as well.Don Juan, as well.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735545530185642433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-57077502329921974782008-03-16T14:50:00.000-05:002008-03-16T14:50:00.000-05:00Other tone poems? You mean like Also Sprach, Till...Other tone poems? You mean like Also Sprach, Till Eulenspiegel, Tod und Verklarung and Don Quixote? :D<BR/><BR/>I have yet to do my own taxes.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131551898595730656noreply@blogger.com