"Il Rozzo Martello" — indeed, a fine piece, well performed and for me a welcome new work to hear, and an excellent opener to the afternoon concert; but outshone by the simply superb Birtwistle.
On the Last Night: It still seems to be simply perverse to write something so self-evidently ghastly for an audience of 17 billion zillion people from Beijing to Lima.
Yes, it was pretty grim – then again, it was "occasional music", with all the pejorative connotations that such a denomination implies, and it's probably best to let it go at that. At least we had "Il Rozzo Martello" earlier in the season to remind us of what Max can be when he's at his best.
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13 years ago
Indeed, it was ghastly in every way – from the awful cliches "about" music to the dead weight of their uninspired and tenth-rate setting.
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"Il Rozzo Martello" — indeed, a fine piece, well performed and for me a welcome new work to hear, and an excellent opener to the afternoon concert; but outshone by the simply superb Birtwistle.
On the Last Night: It still seems to be simply perverse to write something so self-evidently ghastly for an audience of 17 billion zillion people from Beijing to Lima.
Yes, it was pretty grim – then again, it was "occasional music", with all the pejorative connotations that such a denomination implies, and it's probably best to let it go at that. At least we had "Il Rozzo Martello" earlier in the season to remind us of what Max can be when he's at his best.
Indeed, it was ghastly in every way – from the awful cliches "about" music to the dead weight of their uninspired and tenth-rate setting.