Chris Bonds ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Speaking of openings--can anyone think of a more original opening for its
>time than the Beethoven violin concerto? Four timpani strokes, played
>softly. Thematic, of course. But timpani? Genius!
I'd go along with that; and, along similar lines, how about the opening of
Mahler 1? A seven octave pp A from the strings - I live in hope of one day
hearing this played in tune...:-)
One of my favourite openings of anything is of Berwald's Sinfonie
Singuliere. Once heard never forgotten.
Deryk Barker
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