Re: GG: Miscellany related and unrelated

[Bradley Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

At 11:57 AM 1/30/01 -0500, Baldwin, Daniel wrote:
> The Chopin [sonata 3] is
> particularly interesting: GG plays it with a constant pulse; he uses very
> little rubato, and refuses to change tempo at the obvious places for
> "effect." So, the perf is certainly not Romantic or idiomatic -- but for all
> that, it is still beautiful in spots, and (as KB points out), the approach
> works well in the propulsive 3rd mvt.

Yep, quite an odd performance!

> Other than that -- I went on a Handel jag (oratorios), and now I'm on an
> Elgar jag (symphonies and "The Dream of Gerontius")....great music, none of
> which was previously familiar to me.

Absolutely.  What do you think of the reconstructed Elgar 3rd symphony?

My GG activity this week has been listening to the Schoenberg piano pieces
Op 19, and then programming my cell phone so it rings the first line from
piece #4.  The phone doesn't play it with the sensitivity of Glenn Gould,
but hey.

(Not kidding! - search on "Bradley Lehman" at
http://www.mobilesmarts.com/cgi-bin/pub/pub_display2.cgi - can be
downloaded into a Nokia from there, free...North America only, I think.)

It can also play the postman's fugue from an early Bach piece, the
capriccio on the departure of his brother...I figured that was appropriate
for an incoming call.  Wish GG had recorded that piece; it would have been
interesting to hear what he made of it.



Bradley Lehman, Dayton VA
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