Comments for Brightcecilia Journal http://brightcecilia.com/journal Music, culture, community Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Making classical music relevant… and fluffy slippers by Classical Music & Laughter | IMSLP Journal http://brightcecilia.com/journal/making-classical-music-relevant-and-fluffy-slippers/#comment-33612 Classical Music & Laughter | IMSLP Journal Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:13:21 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=77#comment-33612 [...] Classical music can be deadly serious — Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs — but also pompous and ‘up itself.’ Classical musicians, especially those who’ve been told from age four that they’re geniuses, can be insufferable. That’s not an argument for dumbing down, classical crossover, or endless Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on Classic FM. [...] [...] Classical music can be deadly serious — Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs — but also pompous and ‘up itself.’ Classical musicians, especially those who’ve been told from age four that they’re geniuses, can be insufferable. That’s not an argument for dumbing down, classical crossover, or endless Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on Classic FM. [...]

]]> Comment on A Hedgehog in Highgate by The Red Hedgehog « The Cross-Eyed Pianist http://brightcecilia.com/journal/a-hedgehog-in-highgate/#comment-8347 The Red Hedgehog « The Cross-Eyed Pianist Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:49:25 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=362#comment-8347 [...] Read my full article about The Red Hedgehog here [...] [...] Read my full article about The Red Hedgehog here [...]

]]> Comment on Making classical music relevant… and fluffy slippers by Snobbery http://brightcecilia.com/journal/making-classical-music-relevant-and-fluffy-slippers/#comment-7176 Snobbery Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:03:22 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=77#comment-7176 Music was marketing then too. Picture that same guy walking on that same road and not having the music there... he misses the church. Be careful what you read as commercial; you simply ensnare yourself in your wrath. Music was marketing then too.
Picture that same guy walking on that same road and not having the music there… he misses the church.
Be careful what you read as commercial; you simply ensnare yourself in your wrath.

]]> Comment on British Orchestras & the Cuts by Wayne McEvilly http://brightcecilia.com/journal/british-orchestras-the-cuts/#comment-2622 Wayne McEvilly Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:20:20 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=300#comment-2622 I believe the present role of the 'classical musician' includes getting the music of the master composers to people in great distress as well as those who can afford high-end luxuries.  Wayne I believe the present role of the 'classical musician' includes getting the music of the master composers to people in great distress as well as those who can afford high-end luxuries. 
Wayne

]]> Comment on Closure of BBC Radio 3 Message Boards by admin http://brightcecilia.com/journal/closure-of-bbc-radio-3-message-boards/#comment-2484 admin Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:28:04 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=292#comment-2484 <p>Cheers JohnB! The links are already there - pass your mouse over the text - but it's good to make them clear.</p> Cheers JohnB! The links are already there – pass your mouse over the text – but it's good to make them clear.

]]> Comment on Closure of BBC Radio 3 Message Boards by JohnB http://brightcecilia.com/journal/closure-of-bbc-radio-3-message-boards/#comment-2480 JohnB Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:22:32 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=292#comment-2480 I just thought it might be helpful to provide links to the two forums you mentioned, in case people are trying to find a them: FoR3 (a revamped forum, replicating the BBC Radio message boards): http://www.for3.org/forums/index.php R3OK (which is has been running for a few years): http://www.r3ok.com/ I just thought it might be helpful to provide links to the two forums you mentioned, in case people are trying to find a them:

FoR3 (a revamped forum, replicating the BBC Radio message boards): http://www.for3.org/forums/index.php
R3OK (which is has been running for a few years): http://www.r3ok.com/

]]> Comment on Making classical music relevant… and fluffy slippers by Sarah McEvoy http://brightcecilia.com/journal/making-classical-music-relevant-and-fluffy-slippers/#comment-1245 Sarah McEvoy Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:22:10 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=77#comment-1245 This is the most sensible thing I've ever seen anyone write on this subject.  I'm now going to linkstorm the Internet with it. This is the most sensible thing I've ever seen anyone write on this subject.  I'm now going to linkstorm the Internet with it.

]]> Comment on Sarah Chang & the DSO by Joseph Pasqualone http://brightcecilia.com/journal/sarah-chang-the-dso/#comment-892 Joseph Pasqualone Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:03:14 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=159#comment-892 "You just don't need to be politically active to be a great musician." But Sarah Chang has been politically active. By accident or design she sided with DSO management against her fellow musicians. She made the other mistakes mentioned in the article. That's what happens when a musician tries to be "above" politics. They end up with egg on their face. The article encourages Sarah Chang, and/or her agent, to be less politically naive in future. She might also like to support her fellow musicians, whom she relies upon in every concerto she performs, as opposed to siding with their management who are attacking their pay and conditions. This incident has put me right off Sarah Chang. "You just don't need to be politically active to be a great musician." But Sarah Chang has been politically active. By accident or design she sided with DSO management against her fellow musicians. She made the other mistakes mentioned in the article. That's what happens when a musician tries to be "above" politics. They end up with egg on their face. The article encourages Sarah Chang, and/or her agent, to be less politically naive in future. She might also like to support her fellow musicians, whom she relies upon in every concerto she performs, as opposed to siding with their management who are attacking their pay and conditions. This incident has put me right off Sarah Chang.

]]> Comment on Sarah Chang & the DSO by Brian http://brightcecilia.com/journal/sarah-chang-the-dso/#comment-890 Brian Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:47 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=159#comment-890 "It's impossible to be a be a truly great musician unless" you are politically engaged? Somebody should have warned George Szell, who was more interested in collecting cars, or Ivan Moravec, who "failed" to join in the Prague uprisings (as far as I know), or Pierre Fournier, or Itzhak Perlman, or Herbert Blomstedt, or Charles Mackerras, or any of the other musicians I googled alongside the word "politics" with no results. You just don't need to be politically active to be a great musician. The two are completely separate worlds, separate planes. Politics is fleeting; art is forever. "It's impossible to be a be a truly great musician unless" you are politically engaged? Somebody should have warned George Szell, who was more interested in collecting cars, or Ivan Moravec, who "failed" to join in the Prague uprisings (as far as I know), or Pierre Fournier, or Itzhak Perlman, or Herbert Blomstedt, or Charles Mackerras, or any of the other musicians I googled alongside the word "politics" with no results. You just don't need to be politically active to be a great musician. The two are completely separate worlds, separate planes. Politics is fleeting; art is forever.

]]> Comment on In Praise of IMSLP by Tweets that mention In Praise of IMSLP | Brightcecilia Journal -- Topsy.com http://brightcecilia.com/journal/in-praise-of-imslp/#comment-8 Tweets that mention In Praise of IMSLP | Brightcecilia Journal -- Topsy.com Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:18:22 +0000 http://brightcecilia.com/journal/?p=45#comment-8 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by PetrucciMusicLibrary, Danican Philidor. Danican Philidor said: In Praise of IMSLP. http://is.gd/etZkF [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by PetrucciMusicLibrary, Danican Philidor. Danican Philidor said: In Praise of IMSLP. http://is.gd/etZkF [...]

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