tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post7119286965604103533..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: A great Britten symphonyDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-54643911411053875792011-12-15T00:22:40.000+00:002011-12-15T00:22:40.000+00:00Yes, I believe I see what you mean--though I'v...Yes, I believe I see what you mean--though I've only had a chance for a first listen today. This was quite the concert, beginning to end, in fact. As for Britten's age when he wrote it--it has to be true that some artists, even though young, are truly "old souls."Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-23608448741202925082011-12-14T10:25:23.989+00:002011-12-14T10:25:23.989+00:00I can well understand the thrall of Abbado's M...I can well understand the thrall of Abbado's Mahler Ninth. Like I wrote at the time - and this still remains true - the greatest event I've attended in quite a few decades of concert-going. Curiously you'll find young Britten following a rather Mahlerian darkness-to-light trajectory, though it definitely comes from within him. And he was only in his twenties!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14546981965323497502011-12-13T23:36:50.706+00:002011-12-13T23:36:50.706+00:00I can hardly wait to get to this. Britten is a fa...I can hardly wait to get to this. Britten is a favorite of mine, to begin with, and now I have something new to explore. I will be back, once I have done so (I am hoping you will forgive me for being so tardy, as I am still in the thrall of Abbado and Mahler's Ninth.)Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.com