Once again this popped up in my YT feed a day or two ago.
YouTube has linked all of us together! ?
Enjoy!
(Or not…but it’s a magnificent musical/cultural/historical—even somewhat unintentionally amusing—document…and a snapshot of ultra-eccentric genius…OTOH don’t take my word for it…or anyone else’s(!)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5U0GhlHPW8
“Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey” (in the late 50s)
(Disclaimer: I posted this several years back.)
I appreciated Gould’s wanting to break the mold and play unconventionally. Some of it worked beautifully, some didn’t.
But he was full of crap about Mozart (I wonder whether he really believed it or was just trying to be provocative), and also on his denigration of live performance vs heavily engineered and edited recordings.
Ironically he has a recording of that Mozart C minor piano concerto that I’ve always liked. It might not be my go-to choice for that piece, but it’s a nice change of pace.
I think he just didn’t like Mozart—competing prodigies?—or, more importantly, didn’t like his music. Frivolous? Unserious? Superficial?
He doesn’t have to like it (though he does say he likes what Mozart wrote in his 20s), but to dismiss his later works as a group by picking out a passage here or there in one piece is just silly, and as I say, just part of his shtick of being provocative for the sake of being provocative.
A few of Mozart’s later works: Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, several of his greatest piano concertos, string quartets and quintets, and much more. Bad composer, my ***.
When you lie ALL THE TIME, you really oughtta remember who you’ve lied to, and when, at least in court….
(Actually, for Democrats in “Biden”‘s “America”, maybe you don’t…)
Don’t know if Durham will get a conviction on Danchenko, but the testimony is shredding whatever reputation the FBI had left.
What are the odds they’ll just throw the thing out of court because of—that magic potion—“IMMATERIALITY”.
They’re all lying…all the time…ergo…”IMMATERIALITY”! (since none of their lies matter and/or they may have lied BUT they lied for the best of causes!!—to get Trump, to save our country, to protect our democracy…IOW so THEY could destroy the country…)
I have to think that this is due to pressure from Dems/govt. This is nasty, vile immoral stuff.
Kate (4:31 pm) writes, “Don’t know if Durham will get a conviction on Danchenko, but the testimony is shredding whatever reputation the FBI had left.”
Yes. The only thing is, that applies solidly to Kate, M J R, the neo gang, and others who are in fact paying attention.
Wellll, *some* others. Those who are paying attention but who regard the FBI as new-found best-buddy friends/allies, may well not regard the reputation of the FBI as having been sullied. (What they may know in their hearts and what they may profess for public consumption may vary. Y’know?)
And those who are *not* paying attention, wellll, . . . sigh . . .
Inflation up, stock market up. What the ????
SHIREHOME:
Some are expecting the Fed to back off Quantitive Tightening. It might be a good bet in the short term.
Long term, I am persuaded we are looking at a long tough time. Europe, Russia and China look pretty screwed and that will have consequences on our side of the pond(s).
Re: Glenn Gould, Mozart
I took it that Gould’s unhappiness was with the later Mozart, not all of Mozart.
I’m also on board with Gould as an iconoclast, who enjoyed subverting the hallowed canons of classical music and going his own way.
Bully for Gould!
Classical music is a cruel mistress. Gould saw his chance for artistic freedom and took it. He was one of the very few genius enough and famous enough who had that opportunity. He took it.
Bully for Gould!
Classical music doesn’t lack for brilliant musicians. Far from it. But it is a tightly regimented, specialized world, which normally doesn’t allow for musicians to achieve escape velocity to do their own thing.
Bully for Gould!
Currently I’ve got my eye on pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who seems to have the chops, the heart, and the mind to go beyond classical if he wishes.
He doesn’t have a signature sound like Gould, but he can go onstage, top button unbuttoned, sans tie, wearing a medallion designed by Vivienne Westwood — fashion consultant to the notorious Sex Pistols.
Thibaudet doubly won my heart when I discovered his album, “Conversations with Bill Evans.” (A pun on Evan’s album “Conversations with Myself” using multi-tracked technology.)
Bill Evans, if you don’t know, was trained classical in his youth, but later moved to jazz and achieved sufficient greatness to play with, no less than, Miles Davis.
There are jazz musicians who on occasion played on the classical side of the street, such as Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea (with mixed results). But until now I can’t think of any major classical musicians who returned the favor.
Here’s Thibaudet playing “Waltz for Debby,” Bill Evans’s most wonderful track IMO.
Once again this popped up in my YT feed a day or two ago.
YouTube has linked all of us together! ?
Enjoy!
(Or not…but it’s a magnificent musical/cultural/historical—even somewhat unintentionally amusing—document…and a snapshot of ultra-eccentric genius…OTOH don’t take my word for it…or anyone else’s(!))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5U0GhlHPW8
“Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey” (in the late 50s)
(Disclaimer: I posted this several years back.)
File under: NEVER take anyone’s advice…
Entonces
https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-igor-danchenko-trial-day-2
I appreciated Gould’s wanting to break the mold and play unconventionally. Some of it worked beautifully, some didn’t.
But he was full of crap about Mozart (I wonder whether he really believed it or was just trying to be provocative), and also on his denigration of live performance vs heavily engineered and edited recordings.
Ironically he has a recording of that Mozart C minor piano concerto that I’ve always liked. It might not be my go-to choice for that piece, but it’s a nice change of pace.
Mozart was an iconoclast of his day
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/10/13/nury-martinez-narcissistic-resignation-statement-sounds-less-like-an-apology-and-more-like-an-awards-acceptance-speech-n642574
Justice deferred…is not Justice
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11312447/Special-needs-son-Parkland-victim-walks-court-disgust-verdicts-read-out.html
Inflation up, stock market up. What the ????
I think he just didn’t like Mozart—competing prodigies?—or, more importantly, didn’t like his music. Frivolous? Unserious? Superficial?
(Well, after JSB….)
And the result is there for all to hear….
And yes, it’s unfortunate…but so be it.
The amazing and incomparable Steve McIntyre makes a solid point about Bill Barr and Durham.
https://twitter.com/ClimateAudit/status/1580307385574256640
the markets have shown a bare relation to reality,
https://www.theblaze.com/news/republican-us-senate-candidates-name-not-on-ballots-distributed-in-illinois-county?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
its totes fine,
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2022/10/taliban-names-former-guantanamo-detainee-deputy-interior-minister.php
I think he just didn’t like Mozart—competing prodigies?—or, more importantly, didn’t like his music. Frivolous? Unserious? Superficial?
He doesn’t have to like it (though he does say he likes what Mozart wrote in his 20s), but to dismiss his later works as a group by picking out a passage here or there in one piece is just silly, and as I say, just part of his shtick of being provocative for the sake of being provocative.
A few of Mozart’s later works: Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, several of his greatest piano concertos, string quartets and quintets, and much more. Bad composer, my ***.
Neither a music nor movie critic am I, but I always enjoy watching this ‘biopic’ of Gould, “32 short files about Glenn Gould”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7nPiZHKy4
When you lie ALL THE TIME, you really oughtta remember who you’ve lied to, and when, at least in court….
(Actually, for Democrats in “Biden”‘s “America”, maybe you don’t…)
“Danchencko trial enters third day, after FBI intel analyst admits being censured in collusion probe”—
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/danchencko-trial-enters-third-day-after-fbi-intel-analyst-admits-censured
Don’t know if Durham will get a conviction on Danchenko, but the testimony is shredding whatever reputation the FBI had left.
What are the odds they’ll just throw the thing out of court because of—that magic potion—“IMMATERIALITY”.
They’re all lying…all the time…ergo…”IMMATERIALITY”! (since none of their lies matter and/or they may have lied BUT they lied for the best of causes!!—to get Trump, to save our country, to protect our democracy…IOW so THEY could destroy the country…)
Speaking of which, compare and contrast!
LAWLESS LETITIA:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-republicans-demand-garland-investigate-empire-state-ag-letitia-james-nikki-haley-group-tax-leak
WOKE, and SINISTER, BANKING…
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/chase-bank-allegedly-shutters-bank-account-religious-freedom-nonprofit-demands-donor-list
And…those courageous Jan. 6 searchers for THE TRUTH and nothing but THE TRUTH…resume their howls at the moon after a brief hiatus…(and after “Biden” hits new polling lows—but that MUST, together with the Danchenko Affair”, be a sheer coincidence)…
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/jan-6-committee-public-hearing-underway-new-video-evidence-expected-be
Connections?
Barry,
Add Bank of America. They cancelled Catturd.
And JPMorganChase cancelled Kanye.
I have to think that this is due to pressure from Dems/govt. This is nasty, vile immoral stuff.
Kate (4:31 pm) writes, “Don’t know if Durham will get a conviction on Danchenko, but the testimony is shredding whatever reputation the FBI had left.”
Yes. The only thing is, that applies solidly to Kate, M J R, the neo gang, and others who are in fact paying attention.
Wellll, *some* others. Those who are paying attention but who regard the FBI as new-found best-buddy friends/allies, may well not regard the reputation of the FBI as having been sullied. (What they may know in their hearts and what they may profess for public consumption may vary. Y’know?)
And those who are *not* paying attention, wellll, . . . sigh . . .
Inflation up, stock market up. What the ????
SHIREHOME:
Some are expecting the Fed to back off Quantitive Tightening. It might be a good bet in the short term.
Long term, I am persuaded we are looking at a long tough time. Europe, Russia and China look pretty screwed and that will have consequences on our side of the pond(s).
Re: Glenn Gould, Mozart
I took it that Gould’s unhappiness was with the later Mozart, not all of Mozart.
I’m also on board with Gould as an iconoclast, who enjoyed subverting the hallowed canons of classical music and going his own way.
Bully for Gould!
Classical music is a cruel mistress. Gould saw his chance for artistic freedom and took it. He was one of the very few genius enough and famous enough who had that opportunity. He took it.
Bully for Gould!
Classical music doesn’t lack for brilliant musicians. Far from it. But it is a tightly regimented, specialized world, which normally doesn’t allow for musicians to achieve escape velocity to do their own thing.
Bully for Gould!
Currently I’ve got my eye on pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who seems to have the chops, the heart, and the mind to go beyond classical if he wishes.
He doesn’t have a signature sound like Gould, but he can go onstage, top button unbuttoned, sans tie, wearing a medallion designed by Vivienne Westwood — fashion consultant to the notorious Sex Pistols.
Thibaudet doubly won my heart when I discovered his album, “Conversations with Bill Evans.” (A pun on Evan’s album “Conversations with Myself” using multi-tracked technology.)
Bill Evans, if you don’t know, was trained classical in his youth, but later moved to jazz and achieved sufficient greatness to play with, no less than, Miles Davis.
There are jazz musicians who on occasion played on the classical side of the street, such as Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea (with mixed results). But until now I can’t think of any major classical musicians who returned the favor.
Here’s Thibaudet playing “Waltz for Debby,” Bill Evans’s most wonderful track IMO.
–“Waltz For Debby – Love Theme From “Spartacus” – Jean-Yves Thibaudet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCANhujTJE0
Here’s Evans playing live:
–“Bill Evans – Waltz For Debby” (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8
Late Mozart bad, I don’t think so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTxYykhQZbI