Charmingly naive, youthfully optimistic, or just plain stupid?
sch...@gefen.cc.biu.ac.il
Which of the three do you think best describes a person who shows up
half an hour before a performance of "Erwartung" and is worried that
there might not be any tickets left? (Does his not having known that opening
night of "Erwartung" in the small hall downstairs was competing with
opening night of "Die Walkuerie" upstairs make any difference?)
For what it's worth, the performance of "Erwartung" mentioned above was
excellent (if one is willing to ignore the avant-garde shtick considered
necessary by the director), and enthusiastically greeted by the crowd.
Having asked that question, what are people's favorite recordings of
"Erwartung"?
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Richard Schultz sch...@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"You go on playing Bach your way, and I'll go on playing him *his* way."
-- Wanda Landowska
Mike Richter
>
> Which of the three do you think best describes a person who shows up
> half an hour before a performance of "Erwartung" and is worried that
> there might not be any tickets left? (Does his not having known that opening
> night of "Erwartung" in the small hall downstairs was competing with
> opening night of "Die Walkuerie" upstairs make any difference?)
>
> For what it's worth, the performance of "Erwartung" mentioned above was
> excellent (if one is willing to ignore the avant-garde shtick considered
> necessary by the director), and enthusiastically greeted by the crowd.
>
> Having asked that question, what are people's favorite recordings of
> "Erwartung"?
The one I posted at my WWW site a few weeks ago: Anja Silja's in Dresden
under Janowski in June of this year.
michael farris
sch...@gefen.cc.biu.ac.il wrote:
> Which of the three do you think best describes a person who shows up
> half an hour before a performance of "Erwartung" and is worried that
> there might not be any tickets left?
I think 'earnest' and 'out of touch' sum him up well. He must still remember how
hard it was to get tickets to Wozzeck or Moses und Aaron
> (Does his not having known that opening
> night of "Erwartung" in the small hall downstairs was competing with
> opening night of "Die Walkuerie" upstairs make any difference?)
No.
-michael farris
Mark D. Lew
> Which of the three do you think best describes a person who shows up
> half an hour before a performance of "Erwartung" and is worried that
> there might not be any tickets left?
I'll go with "charmingly naive". Did this actually happen?
mdl
tlste...@tpgi.com.au
He will be easy to identify in a crowd. He'll be the one wearing braces
*and* a belt.
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Cheers!
Terry
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sch...@gefen.cc.biu.ac.il
:> sch...@gefen.cc.biu.ac.il wrote:
:>
:> > Which of the three do you think best describes a person who shows up
:> > half an hour before a performance of "Erwartung" and is worried that
:> > there might not be any tickets left?
: He will be easy to identify in a crowd. He'll be the one wearing braces
: *and* a belt.
No, he won't, of that he can assure you. Anyway, someone who wears braces
(suspenders) *and* a belt is a *pessimist*, not an optimist. An optimist
wouldn't be wearing either, preferring to trust that his trousers (pants)
would not fall down.
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Richard Schultz sch...@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"How many boards would the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hordes got bored?"
sch...@gefen.cc.biu.ac.il
Yes, I am embarrassed to admit. Basically, the person in question couldn't
get tickets in advance because he only found out about the performance on
Friday afternoon (and didn't decide to attend until Saturday night), and
on Sunday, all of the ticket outlets except for the box office were
closed. So our hero went up to the box office and asked "are there any
tickets left for 'Erwartung'?" figuring that he might be able to score
a ticket for the next night's performance. I suspect that had the
programmers picked something more popular than "Lohengrin" by Sciarrino
as the second half of the program, more people might have chosen to attend.
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Richard Schultz sch...@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"an optimist is a guy/ that has never had/ much experience"
Mark D. Lew
> Yes, I am embarrassed to admit. Basically, the person in question couldn't
> get tickets in advance because he only found out about the performance on
> Friday afternoon (and didn't decide to attend until Saturday night), and
> on Sunday, all of the ticket outlets except for the box office were
> closed. So our hero went up to the box office and asked "are there any
> tickets left for 'Erwartung'?" figuring that he might be able to score
> a ticket for the next night's performance.
That's so cute.
If SFO were to do Erwartung, I'd expect them to paper the house. It always
happens with Strauss. I'm sure Schönberg would be no different.
mdl