One of our favorites checks in with a report from
Oh. Oh. Okay. Wait, what?
In between, in various parts of Jones Hall, will be short piano recitals, panels, a rehearsal-like exploration of the first movement of the Fifth Symphony (with its famous motto theme, da-da-da DUM),
Did you really just type that? Because if I ever typed that I’d lose all self-respect. And possibly do bodily harm to myself. Jesus.
and an evening concert including the delightful but slightly trashy Choral Fantasy with pianist Orion Weiss and the Houston Symphony Chorus.
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy is…slightly trashy? She’s a nice girl, sure, but some weekends she dresses slutty? What the fuck?!
Read the rest at your own peril. I'm off to commit seppuku.
3 comments:
Yeah, he's playing to that trope about the Choral Fantasy being a bad piece- it's in the same world as the "Schumann-couldn't-orchestrate" trope.
I can take or leave the Choral Fantasy, but the other Beethoven piece that is often maligned, Fidelio, is pretty awesome, actually. Most musicians (and singers, too) will say something negative about Fidelio with little prompting, even though many people with whom I have talked about the piece haven't actually, er, um, listened to it.
Can I suggest a new tag-- "Popular but Unfounded Music Tropes"?
And I'm here to commit comment bukkake!
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There's something about the moustache on your avatar-y thing that makes your comment particularly creepy.
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