Fri, 25 Feb 2000 03:05:54 +0100
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Joseph Sowa wrote:
>David Runnion wrote:
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>>But Bob, he *did* develop the symphony. And so did Haydn. And so did
>>Beethoven. And so did Mahler. And Corigliano.
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>Fantastic comment!
Thank you!
>I've had a chance recently to rehear Mozart. From what I've heard, mostly
>piano concertos. To put it blatently, I found that I actually like Mozart
>when I give him a chance. Certainly his music cannot move me like
>Bruckner's 9th, but it has charm.
When I was in music school, I had a marvellous music-history teacher named
Mister Lister. He was a violinist, and was not a Bruckner fan. He spoke
of the endlessly repeated patterns in the strings and the length of the
symphonies, and played passages to illustrate this. Since I liked Mister
Lister, I respected his opinion of Bruckner and never listened to anything
he wrote. Years later, I had the opportunity to perform one of the
symphonies, and, to put it blatently, I found that I actually liked his
music when I gave it a chance! It didn't move me like the Mozart Clarinet
quintet, but it has, if not charm, some powerful moments indeed!
Dave Runnion
http://www.mp3.com/serafinotrio
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