Yes yes, the Regenlied violin sonata (G maj) particularly (which I always
have to control myself severely not to sing on those lovely marble
staircases in public buildings), and the ones for cello which remained
beyond my technique to play though I did hear Pierre Fournier perform them
in the early '60's. But do you know the sonatas for clarinet or viola? still
trying to make up my mind which incarnation I prefer. As for orchestral
stuff, prefer symphonies 2 and 3. And do you know the two Serenades for
small orchestra? Earlyish works, and scored without violins -- lovely tone
and texture, and there's a good performance by the LSO under Istvan Kertesz,
on Decca.
My heart's with chamber-music, really, except for the odd choral work that
I've sung in, particularly Bach.
best joanna
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From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: Snap - Jones
Brahms: You have just got to love the Fourth Symphony and the Academic
Festival overture. The other symphonies arent bad.
But what I have replayed for forty years now have been the Violin Sonatas
with Joseph Suk and Julius Katchen. (I heard Joseph Suk play one live on
one of his vists to the Bath Festival which starts tomorrow with Vivaldi's
Gloria). And then there are the Cello Sonatas and we must not forget the
magnificent German Requiem. Brahms was one of the good guys, he even fell in
love.
Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com
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From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Snap - Jones
Hey Joanna
I like Brahms, too, but mostly his work for small groups (as we say in
jazz).
I am always happy to hear comments on choral music as it's not my major
interest, & I tend to listen to instrumental most of the time....
Doug
On 19-May-05, at 1:47 PM, Joanna Boulter wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "MJ Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Snap - Jones
>
>
>> .Actually, Ken, Fauré was not so religious as all that; I quote from a
>> convenient website
>> (http://members.macconnect.com/users/j/jimbob/classical/
>> Faure_Requiem.html):
>> Fauré spent much of his life in the service of the church, but his
>> personal views on religion were unconventional at best, downright cynical
>> or agnostic at worst. These are his thoughts on spirituality in the
>> /Requiem/:"Everything I managed to entertain in the way of religious
>> illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from
>> beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest."< Nox
>> est perpetua una dormienda. And Verdi was an atheist, I believe. Berlioz
>> wasn't too croyant, either, so that more or less wraps up 19th C
>> requiems of genius...(Well, OK, Cherubini, Dvorak...)
>> mj
>
> Will no one speak up for Brahms? He wasn't much of a believer in a regular
> church, and wrote his Requiem to texts from the German bible, hence its
> name, 'A German Requiem'. I happen to think it's a magnificent work, both
> in the music and in his choice of texts; but then, I like and admire
> Brahms.
>
> best joanna
>
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