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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