tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post5167773944785400634..comments2024-03-18T05:17:45.683-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: In Brief: Lord Stanley EditionCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-4837640263285384952010-06-03T21:13:28.619-05:002010-06-03T21:13:28.619-05:00Loved his conducting. He let Mr. Rachlin lead the...Loved his conducting. He let Mr. Rachlin lead the way in the Sibelius, really brought a sense of structure to the fab Dutilleux piece and hit all the big points in the Stravinsky. He has a great sense of color but doesn't stint on punching out rhythms either. I wish he'd have conducted the whole ballet though....<br /><br />He's only scheduled to conduct one weekend in 2010/11 :-(<brHenry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-69189841782361162552010-05-31T16:38:45.289-05:002010-05-31T16:38:45.289-05:00How did you like Bringuier's conducting?How did you like Bringuier's conducting?jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-5301686888531458482010-05-31T15:33:41.198-05:002010-05-31T15:33:41.198-05:00This one's the next big thing that happened to...<i>This one's the next big thing that happened to the harpsichord</i><br /><br />That's rather like being The Next Big Thing on kazoo for all the general musical public gives a damn about the harpsichord. <br /><br />"The harpsichord sounds like two skeletons copulating on a tin roof"<br /><br />Sir Thomas Beecham<br /><br /><i>His idea that new stages should be built to suit Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-555608056385416292010-05-31T15:04:06.145-05:002010-05-31T15:04:06.145-05:00Here's a European critic perfectly oblivious t...Here's a European critic perfectly oblivious to Mahan Esfahani. And like Charles said, now I, too, have a shitty first impression of him without even having heard the poor sod. Courtesy some overly eager jerk. How does the saying go: With friends (fans) like these, who needs enemies.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-9840219089768828922010-05-31T10:13:01.636-05:002010-05-31T10:13:01.636-05:00And that's why you Googled "Mahan Esfahan...And that's why you Googled "Mahan Esfahani" into Safari on your Mac and came upon our calendar listing but did not find a review. In the future, Esfahani will just have to do a better job of scheduling his performances so that they match up with my schedule. It was not a matter of me covering another concert, just having a typically busy Memorial Day weekend. But thanks for the Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-78317587807401650372010-05-31T09:58:35.437-05:002010-05-31T09:58:35.437-05:00Henry, I agree that it is a great performance.
He...Henry, I agree that it is a great performance.<br /><br />Herman, given how complicated the score is, who could blame any conductor for using a score? The issue, I would guess, is not unfamiliarity with the score but Boulez's punctilious attention to detail.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-31933984700273074562010-05-31T03:33:01.006-05:002010-05-31T03:33:01.006-05:00Re: the Boulez video, I cannot wonder why Boulez, ...Re: the Boulez video, I cannot wonder why Boulez, directing his own music, is apparently so wrapped up in the score, turning the pages &c, that he has no time to spare to make eye contact with the orchestra. Is the music that unfamiliar to him?<br /><br />His idea that new stages should be built to suit his music, i.e. the music of the future is so typical. Build more buildings. Spend more hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188105081381796548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-61145474503371913022010-05-31T02:30:31.318-05:002010-05-31T02:30:31.318-05:00Thanks for the Boulez clip. Wow, to hear that musi...Thanks for the Boulez clip. Wow, to hear that music played by a top-flight orchestra makes all the difference. Boulez even smiles at the end! It's not likely, but I hope he finishes orchstrating the Notations.Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-73023806912874051432010-05-31T01:57:17.471-05:002010-05-31T01:57:17.471-05:00That may be so, but you have a funny way of attend...That may be so, but you have a funny way of attending many bad things, and a funny way of not seeing what's obvious to the eyes of many European critics at the moment. This one's the next big thing that happened to the harpsichord. <br /><br />Incidentally, he's not a friend! But maybe you need to open up your eyes a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-53982408578259046892010-05-30T21:24:27.983-05:002010-05-30T21:24:27.983-05:00For the record, Esfahani's LoC recital was in ...For the record, Esfahani's LoC recital was in the <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/02/classical-music-agenda-may.html" rel="nofollow">May calendar</a> and his Dumbarton Oaks concerts were both listed in the <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/12/classical-month-in-washington-march.html" rel="nofollow">March calendar</a>. Are you angry because I wasn't able to review your Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-89026217602935927202010-05-30T17:25:30.370-05:002010-05-30T17:25:30.370-05:00Mr. Downey, you sure are a short-sighted man. I wa...Mr. Downey, you sure are a short-sighted man. I was able to obtain tickets at Dumbarton Oaks in March of this year for a recital of the up-and-coming harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, whom I just caught yesterday in recital at the Library of Congress. Too bad you don't get to things which everyone already knows about. Been provincial lately?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com