Donald Clarke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ... in a church in Austin Texas about ten years ago, a visiting string >quartet (may have been the Coull) played Webern twice for the audience >(can't remember whether it was the Five Movements or the Six Bagatelles), >explaining that they were doing so because 'you don't get many chances >to hear this music', and, if memory serves, moved closer to the audience >for the second performance. The playing was beautiful, the audience >charmed and appreciative. Oliver Knussen frequently repeats entire works by Webern immediately after performing them the first time. [log in to unmask] Personal homepage: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/~cmvhk/virginia.html Blog (mostly about singing): http://vhkssinging.wordpress.com/ *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html