Classical Music for Aficionados
Speaking of the Schumann Concerto, here is the 11 year old Martha Argerich playing it in a decidedly UNgentle manner that someone just sent me. Miraculous for an 11 year old. Sound quality is very primitive. https://slippedisc.com/2019/10/unbelievable-martha-argerich-aged-11-plays-schumann-concerto/ |
Thanks Newbee, will try to find that recording. Just read a wonderful piece about Bach! "I’ve talked to people who feel they know Bach very well, but they aren’t aware of the time he was imprisoned for a month. They never learned about Bach pulling a knife on a fellow musician during a street fight. They never heard about his drinking exploits—on one two-week trip he billed the church eighteen gorchsen for beer, enough to purchase eight gallons of it at retail prices—or that his contract with the Duke of Saxony included a provision for tax-free beer from the castle brewery; or that he was accused of consorting with an unknown, unmarried woman in the organ loft; or had a reputation for ignoring assigned duties without explanation or apology. They don’t know about Bach’s sex life: at best a matter of speculation, but what should we conclude from his twenty known children, more than any significant composer in history (a procreative career that has led some to joke with a knowing wink that “Bach’s organ had no stops”), or his second marriage to twenty-year-old singer Anna Magdalena Wilcke, when he was in his late thirties? They don’t know about the constant disciplinary problems Bach caused, or his insolence to students, or the many other ways he found to flout authority. This is the Bach branded as “incorrigible” by the councilors in Leipzig, who grimly documented offense after offense committed by their stubborn and irascible employee." more here: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/js-bach-rebel |
Laura Downes here, but you have to get thru the introduction Pianist Lara Downes Plays Clara Schumann and More! Live from the WRTI 90.1 Performance Studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJfa5OBOff8 |
Savior or Charlatan? A Punk Maestro Jolts Classical Music The conductor Teodor Currentzis — anarchist, goth, guru — has burst out of the Russian provinces and scaled the classical heights. coming to NYhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/arts/music/teodor-currentzis-shed-verdi-requiem.html |
