----- Original Message ----- From: "David Tayler" <[email protected]> To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 3:26 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Inauguaral Music OT
| Milli Vanilli--it was taped. | dt oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Yes. There is something that was very, very WRONG about that "performance." For one thing, Williams and his colleagues should never have permitted themselves to be used as puppets. That's so beneath the dignity of all musicians. And who would even dare to ask them to participate in such a sham. Would you? "Oh, Yo-Yo <waving your hand to get his attention> Yo-Yo. Would you mind . . ." And to begin with, Williams should never have accepted a commission for out-of-doors chamber music. There's in-doors music and out-of-doors music, as we all know so very well. He should have written a piece for the Marine Band, with (perhaps) a massed chorus. Then he'd have a chance to borrow some musical ideas from Berlioz. He'd be good at that. "Aria and Simple Gifts" really isn't even a very good chamber piece, if you listen carefully. Such a good musician, John Williams should have known better. =====AJN (Boston, Mass.)===== To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
