Lindsay here, a very infrequent poster, but faithful lurker nonetheless.
Loved reading about the recent Jonifest -- one day, one day -- and also
the closing of "voices." I may have missed this along the way, but are
there any rumblings that the show will be exhibited anywhere else? Like
L.A.? I mean they've got the Getty any everything. No problem.
Also, I have two kids, 4 and 6, and am thinking about music they should be
exposed to. I so often hear on this list and in general people who say
they remember music from their childhoods, or their parents playing this or
that (i.e., the recent thread on music we grew up with or that made an
early impression on us.) Of course I've done my best with the Joni and my
husband's done his best with Ozzy Osbourne. Stevie Wonder is another
thought; I think any kid would love his great tunes and it's pretty easily
obtainable on perhaps a Greatest Hits of. I'd love to expose them to some
classical but am so ignorant of it myself I wouldn't know where to start.
The CDs I find that are made for kids seem a bit repetitive with "Peter
and the Wolf," and some other common things. Would any of you have any
suggestions for me on where to start or what you remember listening to from
your youths -- uh, not to say any of you are old or anything. I did try to
play them Debussy's "Nuages" from the recent "BSN" tour. It got mixed
reviews from them (while I had tears streaming down my face) but I think it
stuck somewhere in their tiny little spirits. One of my favorites is
Beethoven's 7th and 8th, which a friend who studied at Oberlin laughed and
said, he wrote that for his father's funeral! Ha! I guess it just shows I
love melancholy music (of course another reason I love Joni -- feeds right
into that vein.)
Thank you in advance for any direction you can lead me. I'll let you know
the results.
Lindsay
