she sighed, she cried, she damn near died.
for those of you who don’t know, Benjamin Britten is kind of my thing. i really discovered Britten when i was, of all things, writing a paper on Ligeti. i was writing an analytical paper on Ligeti’s Horn Trio and i took out a random assortment of horn chamber music from the library. That included, [...]
Posted at 1:30 pm on November 22, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: the present | Tagged: britten, english, peter pears | read on
we turn it up to onze
[thanks to my friend @lownote over at epmusic.wordpress.com for this]
the only way to grade discussion postings (with any amount of sanity) is to play some kick ass Messiaen in the background (especially if it’s the Danse de la fureur from Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du le temps). dedicated to RG, the second session of [...]
Posted at 11:31 pm on November 18, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: the present | Tagged: peabody, MH4, pop music, messiaen, jazz | read on
