Listening to Vivaldi Guitar Concerto accompanied by harpsichord, cello, and violins. at 8am. So beautiful and sublime. I feel like Hannibal Lechter. Just missing chilled brains in my freezer. Would be like caviar (with oyster spoon) and kimchi (with chopsticks).
Almost perfect. Damn.
About Me
Know Thyself and To Thineself Be True
LORD GORING. You see, Phipps, Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
PHIPPS. Yes, my lord.
LORD GORING. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.
PHIPPS. Yes, my lord.
LORD GORING. And falsehoods the truths of other people.
PHIPPS. Yes, my lord.
LORD GORING. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.
PHIPPS. Yes, my lord.
LORD GORING. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.
PHIPPS. Yes, my lord.
LORD GORING. And falsehoods the truths of other people.
PHIPPS. Yes, my lord.
LORD GORING. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.
I, Von Kwon
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4 comments:
An interesting version on YouTube (from my "favorites""
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3slSKBqEm0&feature=related
A lute?! That's old school! Liked the video. Very elegant. But I think I prefer the softer, less metallic sound of the guitar better. Almost sounds like a banjo at times. I suspect that a mandolin sounds closer to a guitar than a lute.
In general, we dont hear lutes or mandolins these days. Hope that they dont go extinct.
I worry about the opera and the ballet these days. I hope that they dont go extinct either but I really dont know enough people my age going to either of these now a days (ashame) and the younger folks? Forget about it. At least the Americans. Perhaps the rest of the world and the growing group of global wealth will keep the art form alive. But every day, it seems to me, that its becoming more and more of an anachronism.
Affecionados of operas like you I think are less and less as time goes by. I hope not.
I hope you are not one of those people who lament the fact that people no longer patronize the arts -- and then do not patronize the arts themselves.
I am sure there will be lots of young people at the performances of "Die Soldaten". (See article in today's Times.) Will you be one of them? Perhaps I'll see you there Monday night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4GKIILF_U&feature=related
Here's another of my YouTubes, with the concerto actually played on a lute -- a completely different interpretation, and much faster than then other I sent you. I suspect, but am not sure, that this is closer to an "authentic performance practices" interp -- but I'm very prejudiced in favor of early instruments.
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