April 2012
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Sick burn
Had lunch with the musicians today. A direct quote, names withheld for obvious reasons:
[BASSIST]: Did they invite a musician to that class? [INTERN]: Yes! They invited Paul Frankenfeld. [BASSIST]: He plays viola. I said a musician.
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Louis Langrée!!
Today the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announced its 13th Music Director in its 117-year history: Louis Langrée!
Read more about Louis here!
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Huge news today!
The press conference will be simulcast on our website at 1:30pm EST.
Can’t wait!
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Moment
The marketing department always ends up with weird, labor-intensive projects, and so we all pitch in together. Today I was helping a colleague put cards on seats around the hall, reminding people to renew their subscriptions. A couple hundreds cards are light work for a small army of administrative staff.
Anyway, if you can imagine, between concerts the hall is dark and empty! But in a beautiful...
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Tzigane!!
I just heard Ravel’s Tzigane for the first time and almost fell out of my chair!!
Now it’s over and I can still feel it in my heart!!
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Three things I learned about Respighi today:
Though Respighi died in 1936, which seems normal to me… his wife Elsa died in 1996, which weirds me out.
Respighi composed a “sinister picture of a snake research institute” that he visited.
Dude was friends with Enrico Fermi.
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La valse makes me think of zombies!
Heard Ravel’s La valse for the first time last night.
One line from the program notes stood out to me: “La valse contains every element of a Strauss waltz except its gaiety.”
So it’s a twisted waltz. That worked for me. Made me think of zombies— it’s the music you’d play if someone you loved came back to life, but was slightly wrong. It’s...
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“It may be easy to concentrate on a selection lasting a few minutes, but...”
– How to Listen to Music: A Vintage Guide to the 7 Essential Skills | Brain Pickings
I love this little list!
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