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Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]> scripsit:
>Is it possible that the Lindsays are fallible? A few years ago only the
>British magazines raved about them; now, the U.S. does as well. Actually,
>I've loved what I've heard from them - Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert. Since
>I'm partial to Mozart/Haydn on period instruments, my affection for the
>Lindsays is quite an endorsement. They just seem to have their thumbs on
>the pulse of the music; I really admire that, and it sounds great too.
One of our more idiosyncratic, but perceptive commentators on musical
matters, has, from time to time, used a technical term, namely 'Victorian'
in certain contexts. I would like to add a new term 'Elizabethan' (and I
am specifically meaning the first Elizabeth, "of happy memory") to the MCML
Custom Dictionary.
It seems particularly apt to refer to the members of the Lindsay Quartet
as 'Elizabethans', for many good qualities inherent in their performances
seem to be rendered possible by a certain unanimity of purpose, almost as
if bound by an unwritten Act of Uniformity. The impression I have that
their music making is infused with the spirit of such an Elizabethan
Settlement is further reinforced by direct observation of the manner in
which the Quartet took their coffee on one particular occasion prior to
a concert in Wellington. By the time all the hangers-on had arrived a
positively Shakespearean scene had arisen at this normally quiet and sleepy
coffee house which resembled nothing so much as "Henry IV Part I, Act II,
Scene IV".
Geoffrey Gaskell [log in to unmask]
http://freeweb.digiweb.com/music/Gustav_Mahler/
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