tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post6245573737077297512..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: All aboard the Edinburgh FrOSchbusDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-982707177595588982011-09-05T22:16:11.769+01:002011-09-05T22:16:11.769+01:00Nick will be delighted to hear that - I'll pas...Nick will be delighted to hear that - I'll pass on your kind words. <br /><br />Funny thing - I couldn't remember who sang the Empress the last time I saw FrOSch at Covent Garden, and it turned out to be Voigt. And even when I saw that I couldn't recall how her performance had been...Mind you, she's damned good in the DVD of the 2003 (I think it was) Met Ariadne.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-85890871514110737202011-09-05T21:58:11.895+01:002011-09-05T21:58:11.895+01:00Well, I’m breathless, with your FrOSchbus journey ...Well, I’m breathless, with your FrOSchbus journey and following the links—and here I thought you were still in Iceland! Do believe I heard Deborah Voigt at the Met in Die Frau several years ago, but, pathetic to admit, I can’t seem to call it up from memory. Speaking of memories, lovely back story—congrats on 23 years (we're coming up on 32, we think, though we seem to have increasing trouble counting up). I found Nick Sargent’s “A Scottish Landscape” a most appealing work, which must have been wonderful to see “in person,” with all that texture you just can’t duplicate in a photograph. (PS: laughed out loud at your graveyard comment—I, too, look on this sort of thing with a wary eye & in fact was on a different mission—a photo for a post on another topic, then veered off to this one.)Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-36400064445106360292011-09-05T14:53:17.987+01:002011-09-05T14:53:17.987+01:00Not on the evidence of what Sioned Williams of the...Not on the evidence of what Sioned Williams of the BBC Symphony can achieve, no. And though le Maistre did pull some bigger sounds out of the bag in the second-half Faure, there was too much wispiness in the rep for my taste. Britten gets some stunning resonances out of the harp, of course.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-73345169211191282512011-09-05T14:48:48.301+01:002011-09-05T14:48:48.301+01:00Do you think that at the highest level men having ...Do you think that at the highest level men having stronger hands can achieve more than women on the harp? I thought that possible when I heard him many years ago ( on the suggestion of Jean-Guy, a cousin)and I wonder if you have reflected on the matterDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.com