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Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Sep 26, 2017 - 10:47am PT
^^ And thankfully so.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 26, 2017 - 10:50am PT

Arvo Pärt - Da Pacem [Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier] (2006)

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Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Sep 28, 2017 - 06:52am PT
Marlow, I had a chance to listen to that. Thanks for posting, Part is an interesting character.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 28, 2017 - 08:49am PT

Gary.

I'm glad to hear.

The reason why I return to Pärt time and time again, is that Pärt's soundscape resonates with the calm part of my inner mindscape...
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Sep 28, 2017 - 09:19am PT
Maybe that's why Pope Francis is honoring him with the Ratzinger Prize for outstanding achievement in theology.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 28, 2017 - 09:24am PT

Hehe... I'm afraid that's of a more political nature. ^^^^
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Sep 28, 2017 - 09:33am PT
NO POLITICS ON THIS THREAD! :-(

Gary, got yer tickets for SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF's recital 8 April? Mondo program!

https://www.laphil.com/tickets/calendar-fullseason?filter=s%3A201901&op=Go


OMG! I inadvertantly got post 666! I'm doomed to a life in an elevator listening to Kenny G!
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Sep 28, 2017 - 09:57am PT
No, Reilly. I saw him a few years ago when he did both books of the Well Tempered Clavier. He's amazing. I was thinking of trading in one of my Friday Casual 1 tickets for Schiff, but don't know which show to trade. Give up Hillary Hahn? Yefim Bronfman? No way. Beethoven 9th with the Dude? And the other is a world premiere organ concerto.

And what about Yuja Wang? Gil Shaham? Perlman and Argerich? I'm going to go broke!

edit: Wow, $20 tickets for Schiff.
selfish man

Gym climber
Austin, TX
Oct 3, 2017 - 09:24am PT
Very jealous of your concert schedule. If I lived in the area, I'd also be sure to make the drive to hear this guy in Irvine:
http://igor-levit.de/category/schedule/page/2/?lang=en

Heard him play the complete Shostakovich preludes & fugues in the Zurich Tonhalle. He kept the audience completely gripped for the duration of the 4-hour concert


No, Reilly. I saw him a few years ago when he did both books of the Well Tempered Clavier. He's amazing. I was thinking of trading in one of my Friday Casual 1 tickets for Schiff, but don't know which show to trade. Give up Hillary Hahn? Yefim Bronfman? No way. Beethoven 9th with the Dude? And the other is a world premiere organ concerto.

And what about Yuja Wang? Gil Shaham? Perlman and Argerich? I'm going to go broke!

edit: Wow, $20 tickets for Schiff.
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Oct 3, 2017 - 10:06am PT
selfish man, I'm very jealous of you. That sounds like a great show. The LA Phil is, or used to be under Salonen, very adventurous, but not enough for Shostakovich.

This, BTW, is quite wondrous:
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Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Oct 24, 2017 - 02:50pm PT
Great composer, terrific pianist, GOAT mustache.
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neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Nov 17, 2017 - 12:28am PT
hey there, say...


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:)


i never knew the name of it.. :)

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 17, 2017 - 08:16am PT
Went to an impressive exhibition of Marc Chagall at the LA County Museum of Art yesterday.
It focused on his involvement with music and ballet. It also had a number of his paintings that
featured music which was a large part of his upbringing as a Ukrainian Jew, you know, fiddlers
on roofs and such. Anyway, fascinating stuff especially as described by a lovely Czech docent.
The show featured his gouaches/studies/sketches for the costumes and sets of Aleko,
Massine's treatment of the Pushkin poem set to Tchaikovsky's Trio in A Minor, along with
the original hand painted costumes. Interestingly the 1942 production was moved from New York
to Mexico City because the stage union in New York refused to allow Chagall to paint the
backdrops! Maybe the bolshie buggers didn't think him qualified, or were they punishing him
for fleeing the Soviet Union (which he initially embraced) in 1922?


Anyway, they also had reproductions of backdrops and costumes, along with the original
studies for same, for his 1945 Firebird, 1958 Daphnis and Chloé, and 1967 The Magic Flute
productions. Apparently Mozart was his favorite composer and he most enjoyed working on
on The Magic Flute, also my favorite, being a bit of a Papageno, if you will.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 26, 2017 - 06:56pm PT
Can’t believe I’m the one to announce Dima Hvorostovsky’s passing at 55 from brain cancer. There was a nice obit in the LA Times. Gotta say he was the greatest bass/baritone of the last 25 years, at least. With all due respect to Terfel Dima did beat him in a prestigious competition in their youth. While Terfel is technically great Dima brought fire and passion. At 7 his piano teacher declared him devoid of talent. He attended an arty high school where he ‘majored’ in music, boxing, and football, not necessarily in that order. My kind of man.
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Nov 28, 2017 - 01:21pm PT
You mean this guy?
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unlocked gait

Gym climber
the range
Dec 14, 2017 - 06:15am PT
'ave a listen to the jolly robbers overture,

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unlocked gait

Gym climber
the range
Dec 21, 2017 - 03:25am PT

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G_Gnome

Trad climber
Cali
Dec 21, 2017 - 09:09am PT
So my old copy of Mahler's 5th died and I need a new copy. CD, not vinyl. Any recommendations? Or do I just buy a new copy of Solti and the Chicago?
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Dec 21, 2017 - 10:28am PT
Or do I just buy a new copy of Solti and the Chicago?

Can't imagine you'd be far off the mark with that decision.
I'm sure Kris has a well founded opinion. ;-)
G_Gnome

Trad climber
Cali
Dec 21, 2017 - 10:52am PT
The first time I ever met Kris we were parked at the Boyscout trailhead in JT and were sleeping in the back of the truck. A little after we went to bed this 914 rolls in and parks next to us. Kris falls asleep with Mahler's 5th blaring on his stereo so we got to listen to it over and over all night. Needless to say I complained in the morning. But then we became climbing partners for many years so I must not have complained much.

And he is probably why I owned the Solti in the first place, even after listening to it all night.
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