tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2624571424011879427..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: JohannistagDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-46151396341076115952015-04-13T12:18:36.956+01:002015-04-13T12:18:36.956+01:00Thanks as ever for your support in relaying Brian&...Thanks as ever for your support in relaying Brian's commentary, Sue. I may seem pathetically hungry for approval, but as writers, we work in the dark - which is why I teach - and it's more a question of feedback and exchange that I like.<br /><br />I think I may have said so in the programme, but the manuscript says 'glockenspiel' so it would seem to be the printing that made the error of 'glocken'. I could have continued on this theme - Davis Mark 1 hedges his bets and has both, Beecham had a specially loud kind of glockenspiel invented for his recording. I'm in no doubt personally that the smaller instrument facilitates the dance: and the livelier the dance, the greater and more powerful the fall.<br /><br />One of the unexpected folk I heard from was Philip Borg-Wheeler, viola-player with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and excellent writer, who said that for him Berglund, with whom he worked on that first recording, was still supreme for him in Sibelius - but that the second half of his finale did rather let his Fourth down. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-65921725549029883892015-04-13T02:05:50.386+01:002015-04-13T02:05:50.386+01:00That you had a cold was not the least bit noticeab...That you had a cold was not the least bit noticeable. I had passed on the BoL link to my music conversation group, and I think you'll appreciate Brian's response: <br /><br />"I did finally get a moment to listen to David N's Sibelius 4 program this evening. It is an excellent program. I find this one of the "toughest" (in the best sense) symphonies around. As Sibelius says, the music is totally pared back. There is not a note too many.<br /><br />"The score I have is equivocal on whether tubular bells or glockenspiel is called for. At the start, before page 1, the list of instruments includes simply the German word for bells: glocken. But when you turn to the fourth movement it is clearly listed as glockenspiel. But who knows, that could be the work of a copyist in the publishing house. The Blomstedt version with tubular bells does sound unusual to my ear, but that may just be a question of familiarity.<br /><br />"The only recording I have of this symphony is the old Berglund one and it is certainly much slower at the end than the Oramo. I hope I am not being too easily swayed by David Nice, but I do agree that the Oramo end is better than the Berglund and makes more musical sense."<br />Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-2792402040994037392015-04-09T22:30:57.171+01:002015-04-09T22:30:57.171+01:00Thanks, Sue - had I not received quite a few warm ...Thanks, Sue - had I not received quite a few warm messages by e, some from unexpected sources, it would feel a little lonely out here. But your sincerity is always appreciated. <br /><br />I must say that I haven't listened to the whole, but had to dip from abroad because I was still worried about the results of the cold that had plagued me when I recorded, and to my surprise it didn't show in the snippet I heard. But oh, the agony of finding the chords not joining and having to retake so many sentence openings. Usually I whizz through it.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-42882226240984848372015-04-07T21:36:23.314+01:002015-04-07T21:36:23.314+01:00David: I've now had the opportunity to listen ...David: I've now had the opportunity to listen to the Sibelius 4 BoL/CD Review and am sending on huge applause and thanks. Needless to say, I've added your selection to my "to buy" list. You demonstrated SO many fascinating differences in conductor interpretations--remarkable how wide-ranging. As just one priceless moment, your audio clips of the "glocken." interpretations make clear without doubt which one is correct.Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-71687645686397724582015-04-03T04:07:42.936+01:002015-04-03T04:07:42.936+01:00I love your opening image, which captures perfectl...I love your opening image, which captures perfectly, as of course you intended, the joyful spirit of this post. As you described the response of your students, and in particular the one who said he left each week walking on air, I did think how fun it would be to hear from class members about what the experience of your Opera in Depth class was like. On other fronts, I very much look forward to listening in to your upcoming BoL.Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com