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gelinas
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response 25 of 42:
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Apr 16 04:19 UTC 2002 |
"Appalachian Spring" was the piece discussed in Winter (2002) agora.
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dbratman
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response 26 of 42:
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Apr 16 16:28 UTC 2002 |
"Appalachian Spring" is a much longer and larger-scale work
than "Letter from Home", so I suppose the royalty payment would be
greater. It also has interesting cello parts.
Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Stanford Law School where I work, is
currently arguing a court case to the effect that the steadily
increasing copyright periods (until Mickey Mouse dies or hell freezes
over, whichever comes first) will have a chilling effect on, among
other things, the repertoires of community orchestras, which can't
afford to perform very many works that require royalty payments.
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mary
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response 27 of 42:
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Apr 17 12:10 UTC 2002 |
Thanks for doing the research, Joe. If only the whole of my
memory was as well documented as the bits and pieces I've left
on Grex... ;-)
An odd thing about this concert, odd to me that is - the first
half of the program will be the Brahms and the second half the
shorter pieces. I don't think I've ever been to a concert where
the largest work didn't play second half.
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orinoco
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response 28 of 42:
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Apr 22 04:08 UTC 2002 |
...which is funny, because people's patience usually diminishes over the
course of the evening. It's easier to sit through a long _anything_ when you
haven't already sat through a bunch of short anythings.
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mary
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response 29 of 42:
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Apr 22 12:13 UTC 2002 |
The order ended up feeling just right, ending with the Bernstein.
Well, kind of. We did Elgar's Enigma Variations as an encore.
Although I enjoyed orchestra a whole lot I'm relieved to be done
with it for now. Sunday nights are again mine.
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dbratman
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response 30 of 42:
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Apr 22 21:38 UTC 2002 |
Not the whole of the Enigma Variations as an encore, surely? The
work's about 25 minutes long. Maybe an excerpt, probably "Nimrod".
Serious symphony concerts generally put the larger piece in the second
half not in defiance of attendees' diminishing patience, but more, I
think, on the same psychological principle by which the most dramatic
events in a novel are generally nearer to the end. It's a principle of
build-up. A typical concert may begin with an overture or other short
work as an appetizer, but the rest of the first half is not generally a
light potpourri any more than the second half is: it could be a
concerto or a shorter symphony.
Pops concerts are more in the form that Orinoco has in mind: first
halves rather like symphony concert first halves, followed by second
halves with the really light stuff, which is indeed "a bunch of short
anythings."
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scott
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response 31 of 42:
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May 3 01:15 UTC 2002 |
I'll be playing bass in the Nick Strange Acoustic Duo tomorrow (Friday the
3rd) at The Alley in Dexter. New this time: I sing a few tunes!
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coyote
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response 32 of 42:
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May 3 20:54 UTC 2002 |
Another free concert:
The Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra plays pops at 5 PM tomorrow evening
at St. Anne's Church in Mexican-town in Detroit as part of the area's
annual Cinco de Mayo celebration (yes, it's on May 4).
Another concert, not free ($6, I think?):
The Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra will also be performing a regular concert
program on Sunday, May 5 at 3 PM at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. On the program
is R. Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks and Bernstein's Overture
to Candide (just in case you missed it at Mary's concert...)
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mary
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response 33 of 42:
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May 4 12:27 UTC 2002 |
Jeff, are you playing?
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fitz
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response 34 of 42:
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May 4 22:13 UTC 2002 |
I forgot to announce the GR Symphonette concert at St. Celia because of bummer
automobile accident. Well, it was nothing to write home about anyway. The
poor oboe solo tried to play with a new reed. It was heatbreaking.
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bru
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response 35 of 42:
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May 4 22:29 UTC 2002 |
Matt watroba is at the ARK in Ann ARbor tonight, the opening act is Bernice
Lewis and Katie Geddes will be ther as well. Show starts at 8:00
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dbratman
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response 36 of 42:
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May 6 23:25 UTC 2002 |
The word symphonette always brings the Longines Symphonette to my
mind. Consequently I find it hard to take a group using that word
seriously as purveyors of classical music.
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fitz
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response 37 of 42:
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May 7 18:05 UTC 2002 |
That would be appropriate in the case of the GR Symphonette as well.
It's a volunteer, community organization, playing light and brief classical
orchestral music for those who no longer can get about to hear live music.
Fortunately for the audience, most have experienced significant hearing
loss before we played our first note. Those who have not suffered such
loss, probably can't walk out on us even if they wanted to.
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dbratman
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response 38 of 42:
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May 7 23:31 UTC 2002 |
I've read that the actual Grand Rapids Symphony is supposed to be
pretty good. It was anything but good back in the 1940s, when my
mother nearly lost her love for music through being subjected to its
concerts as a child, a love only redeemed by occasional visits to
Chicago.
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fitz
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response 39 of 42:
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May 8 09:09 UTC 2002 |
#38> My experiences go back to the late 1950's and then into the 1960's, and
the GR Symphony was nothing to brag about. After Zeller left, more
challenging music directors gradually brought it to the worthy
organization it is today. I lived in Lansing for years and came back in
time for Comet's leadership. Lockington is music director now.
GR Symphony concerts are re-broadcast on Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Radio.
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ojobusca
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response 40 of 42:
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Jun 7 17:00 UTC 2002 |
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albaugh
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response 41 of 42:
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Jun 26 16:46 UTC 2002 |
The Plymouth Community Band begins its concerts in the park series this
Thursday: Six consecutive Thursday nights, 8pm, at Kellogg Park in downtown
Plymouth (including July 4).
http://www.mihometown.com/oe/plycomband
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coyote
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response 42 of 42:
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Jul 2 00:12 UTC 2002 |
Re 33: yeah, I was :)
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