Who has got the chance, to play Tippet No.4 symphony ??? What a terrible shit !! If reduced according to the substance, it would just take 3 minutes to play it.
Ever know a conductor Mark Wigglesworth ? Doing Brahms no.4 ? I fell asleep during the rehearsal. Slow, that even unskilled music writers can follow easily & write the score down. NHR: Did I get it right, that cheer leaders greet the leader of a nation with "Hail our Chief !" and that this leader receives his determination from behind the stars (such was called "from the Vorsehung" (= (divine) providence) some 70 years ago) & that he ends his speeches traditionally with the word "God" leaving his mouth, a well known phrase reminding to "Das walte Gott" (Nuernberg). Sarcastic, I might say. Fundamentalists of all countries unite now. The tragedy is it, that there are so many people involved, who have no idea about geography, about foreign (language) names & what country they might belong too, about foreign culture, foreign believes, foreign behaviour. Thatīs why all these stupidities happen. It is very sad, that many other countries do not better. No people in the world, no religious group might claim the title "the Chosen people" or the "Only Right Religion", as this would discriminate all others consequently. The worst thing is it, to propagate democracy by the "burned earth method", which has been done through all centuries in the past & seem to happen again & again, erasing cities completely, stripping off the identity of a people by destroying their past (Babylon, Dresden, Warszaw, the Buddhas in Afghanistan, Monasteries in Tibet, Hindu Temples in Kashmir & Indonesia, churches & castles in France during the revolution, devasting museums, etc. no end for listings). It is very sad. Music related: We have the same chaotic dictatorial corrupt system in the music world. Social behaviour (got it ?) of composers & conductors catapult them into the front ranks of the business. It does not interest me, if one is orientated to the one or the other faction, as this is of privacy. But if those people get pushed up just because of ......., something is wrong. It is also wrong, if "so called" modern music is pushed just because it is modern, regardless about the substance, if things are forced up, because of good friends, if producers ruin a certain play (opera, drama, etc.) by fulfilling their perverse dreams of scandals (our next production of Rigoletto will play on the planet of apes !! No joke !). Who will suffer most ? The audience ? No, they are super spoiled anyway, they even do not know when to applaud & when to laugh or scream (I am speaqking of the audience here !). No, the musicians will suffer, as they have to put much effort for worthless productions, or better said, the effort does not stay in a favorable relation to the success (number of performances & attendees - not to talk about the box office). Most will suffer THE TAXPAYER. And nobody might wonder, if the parlamentarians will decide to cut the cultural budget. What will be the final result ? We, the humans, will be stripped of some essentials, which distinguishes us from the apes, and we will be reduced to just "human resources" (in the eyes of the politicians). Sorry, I provoke a lot, but it seemed to be necessary to make more people aware of the critical situation in the cultural world as well as in politics. Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 903-9414 Phone: 903-9548 home: www.pizka.de email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit Version: AVK 15.0.2473 from 16.01.2005 Virus news: www.antiviruslab.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
