What a fascinating series this is shaping up to be!
With the provisos that doing the same thing twice isn’t really what this site is about, and that said piece isn’t “about” death per se so much as grieving, I was wondering whether there was scope for revisiting your 2001 taping of Schnittke’s Piano Quintet. I listened to it shortly after learning of my uncle’s death, and found it one of the most powerfully cathartic musical experiences of recent years, easily the equal of what the Davis/LSO Berlioz Grande Messe from St Paul’s, which I also listened to around the same time, took three times longer to achieve.
It’s very true what you say about the Schnittke, Chris – that piece is achingly painful, but i’m glad you found it a cathartic experience. i have other pieces in mind for this series, so i won’t be revisiting it here, but in any case i wish i had a better quality off-air recording of that piece (the one i posted was a bit poor, before the days of digital recording). Thanks for the comments – i hope you find the pieces to come just as fascinating!
Ach, what’s a little analogue hiss when you have music-making of that calibre?!
BTW, assuming that you’re attending HCMF this year, I, too, will be there for one concert, namely the Dillon Stabat Mater. It should prove interesting…
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What a fascinating series this is shaping up to be!
With the provisos that doing the same thing twice isn’t really what this site is about, and that said piece isn’t “about” death per se so much as grieving, I was wondering whether there was scope for revisiting your 2001 taping of Schnittke’s Piano Quintet. I listened to it shortly after learning of my uncle’s death, and found it one of the most powerfully cathartic musical experiences of recent years, easily the equal of what the Davis/LSO Berlioz Grande Messe from St Paul’s, which I also listened to around the same time, took three times longer to achieve.
It’s very true what you say about the Schnittke, Chris – that piece is achingly painful, but i’m glad you found it a cathartic experience. i have other pieces in mind for this series, so i won’t be revisiting it here, but in any case i wish i had a better quality off-air recording of that piece (the one i posted was a bit poor, before the days of digital recording). Thanks for the comments – i hope you find the pieces to come just as fascinating!
Ach, what’s a little analogue hiss when you have music-making of that calibre?!
BTW, assuming that you’re attending HCMF this year, I, too, will be there for one concert, namely the Dillon Stabat Mater. It should prove interesting…
Quite right – performances like that make it easy to listen through the hiss!
Yes, i’ll be up for all of HCMF this year (will be writing something about it later this week), so make sure you say hello at the Dillon concert 🙂
I’ll probably be the guy in the black woollen coat attempting to sneak in late to the pre-concert talk…
…and in all likelihood i’ll be the guy negotiating a huge pink/purple scarf while scribbling furiously!