tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post114170519672368619..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Osvaldo Golijov in LondonCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1142051452236895492006-03-10T23:30:00.000-05:002006-03-10T23:30:00.000-05:00Henry, great comments, as always. As for the possi...Henry, great comments, as always. As for the possible anti-American motivation behind some of the criticism, I noted it only because almost all of the critics made a point that Golijov was the latest rage in the United States. I said "may account" because, I agree, there is nothing overtly anti-American in any of the reviews.<BR/><BR/>I agree about the quality of British music criticism, too. It Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1142019631942268582006-03-10T14:40:00.000-05:002006-03-10T14:40:00.000-05:00I have no comment on Golijov's music, which I've m...I have no comment on Golijov's music, which I've managed to avoid up to this point, but man! I love the way the London critics write. I even had to scramble for the Oxford to find out what "adventitious" meant. The only comparable American critic is Martin Bernheimer, much missed by me and my friends here in Los Angeles, by the opera and Philharmonic management, not so much.<BR/><BR/><I>Now, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com