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Mark Seeley ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>1) Can you really cope with late Britten or, if you're honest, do you still
>prefer the Frank Bridge Variations or, if pushed (hard?), the War Requiem?
>I really like Britten's War Requiem, but give me Britten's Simple Symphony
>and the Courtly Dances from Glorianna.
No. In fact I don't care for much that he wrote after the war, period.
>2) Do you really love Bartok Quartets as much as the Concerto for
>Orchestra? Heck no! There is no love for Bartoks Quartets as there
>is for his Third Piano Concerto and his Concerto for Orchestra.
In fact I have never really likde the Concerto foir Orchestra but have
loved the quartets since I was a teenager.
>3) Given a choice between Peter Grimes and La Boheme, which would you go
>for? Neither.
Busoni's Dr. Faustus.
>4) Can you name any piece by Ligeti? No! Who is he?
Lux Aeterna, Adventures, Nouvelle Adventures, Requiem, Le Grand Macabre...
>5) Have you ever listened to John Cage for longer than 4 minutes 32
>seconds? No!
It was actually 4:33 not 32. Not only have I listened to his music for
longer than that, I've played it for longer and I've evern spoken to the
man for around that length of time.
>10) And then, of course, there's Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. Do you
>really ever pay attention to anything later than Verklarte Nacht? This is
>too convicting; No! Except for Berg's Violin Concerto which is definitely
>an acquitred taste for me. Does it count if I like Messiaen's Quartet for
>the End of Time?
No. I just discovered that the Victoria Symphony are playing Webern's
Symphonny next season and I can hardly wait.
Deryk Barker
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