We need to restore the spirit of irreverence in music.
August 17, 2004 9:01 AM Subscribe
I've never heard his music, though I think I have a CD on which he conducts. I just think it's a funny project.
posted by kenko at 10:10 AM on August 17, 2004
posted by kenko at 10:10 AM on August 17, 2004
The BBC broadcast a series of Boulez lectures on Twentieth century repertoire about 15 years ago - in French, with subtitles. He was conducting the examples as he went along. One of the best pieces of pedagogy I've ever seen - it really switched me on to the pieces (including some I'd heard before and, up to that point, never got on with). I remember Messiaen's Oiseaux Exotiques was in there, along with one of his own pieces. I remember his being a weak point - whether because of the music itself, or because he had some difficulty communicating his own intentions. Wish I could get hold of them now, though. An incredible communicator and a great musician, even if he's not a top-notch composer...
posted by monkey closet at 2:42 AM on August 18, 2004
posted by monkey closet at 2:42 AM on August 18, 2004
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