Comments on: Quick hits http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: dan http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-24 dan Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:32:30 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/#comment-24 Fair enough--I do like Stravinsky, and the Brahms Requiem, and the Verdi Requiem. I've never sung any Mahler; probably with a really great conductor (which, of course, you have) and a really great orchestra (ditto), that might be exciting. I can just imagine Haydn rolling in his grave at being called a palate cleanser. :-) Fair enough–I do like Stravinsky, and the Brahms Requiem, and the Verdi Requiem. I’ve never sung any Mahler; probably with a really great conductor (which, of course, you have) and a really great orchestra (ditto), that might be exciting.

I can just imagine Haydn rolling in his grave at being called a palate cleanser. :-)

]]> By: Eric http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Eric Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:42:42 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/#comment-23 I wouldn't want to do Haydn all the time, but as a happy, inoffensive lark in between other pieces, it's okay. Sort of like a palate cleanser. While I'm sympathetic to your biases, I do like a lot of the stuff from the early 1900's (e.g. Mahler and Stravinsky). The 1800s don't have a lot going for them, though, it's true. Beethoven's 9th is fun (we're doing 7 performances of the 9th in June - my friend says we should advertise it as 7 of 9). Heh. I can't think of much else that redeems the 1800s as far as choral singing. Oh, I like Verdi's Requiem. Anyway. I wouldn’t want to do Haydn all the time, but as a happy, inoffensive lark in between other pieces, it’s okay. Sort of like a palate cleanser.

While I’m sympathetic to your biases, I do like a lot of the stuff from the early 1900′s (e.g. Mahler and Stravinsky). The 1800s don’t have a lot going for them, though, it’s true. Beethoven’s 9th is fun (we’re doing 7 performances of the 9th in June – my friend says we should advertise it as 7 of 9). Heh. I can’t think of much else that redeems the 1800s as far as choral singing. Oh, I like Verdi’s Requiem. Anyway.

]]> By: dan http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/comment-page-1/#comment-21 dan Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:38:32 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/04/28/quick-hits/#comment-21 I hate singing Haydn, honestly. But I generally don't enjoy singing music from between 1750 and 1950, so I'm biased that way. (In a lecture I saw by Steve Reich years ago, he said much the same. So I feel like I'm in decent company...) I hate singing Haydn, honestly. But I generally don’t enjoy singing music from between 1750 and 1950, so I’m biased that way.

(In a lecture I saw by Steve Reich years ago, he said much the same. So I feel like I’m in decent company…)

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