Brin:Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
On 04/12/2008, at 8:53 AM, d.brin wrote: Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by Man. Arguably. It's certainly a phenomenal piece of music. Your post has inspired me to go and find a good recording on CD, as I've lost almost all off my classical music in moving around the planet - *all* my vinyl is gone. I shall hit the music store on Friday. Incidentally, and Off Topic (of course - this is Brin-L after all), I got a bit of a nasty shock when I saw the name Sheldon Brown in the to-field, 'cause he died a few months ago. Maybe Dr Brin doesn't know he died, I thought. Then I checked the address and realised it was a different Sheldon Brown (apparently, the computer artist, not the bicycling guru). So as you were. :-) Charlie. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:53 PM, d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by Man. I have to strongly disagree with you on this. I think the Piano Concerto #4 is the greatest work. :-) There is a live recording from 1983 that was made by pianist Alfred Brendel with James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of all five Beethoven Piano Concerti. Listen to that recording of the PC 4. It will make a believer out of you. -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, d.brin wrote: As for the Violin Concerto...? Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by Man. Can someone with good knowledge of this piece recommend a particular recording of it? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
This Youtubed concert shows the marvelous Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4U7C1_dxCAfeature=related But get better sound on a CD. I love the Itzhak Perlman recording. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. By the way, folks. Announcing my latest short story, now available for your pleasure at Baen’s Universe Magazine. http://www.baens-universe.com/articles/Shoresteading__Part_One The first half is up free. To read the rest (of part one), you need to subscribe to the magazine... which is well worth it! (There’s more content than in any print zine, and you can’t beat the convenience.) Indeed, you’ll be able to fish back and read Parts 1-4 of my hilarious serialized sf-spoof comedy, “The Ancient Ones.” And, coming this spring, another funny one in a much more broad comedic style: “Gorilla My Dreams.” Also The Smartest Mob which is set in the same universe as Shoresteading. A Plethora! Membership/subscriptions are on a sliding scale. And now, just for you folks, an added bonus! Type in coupon code EE329517B2 - which is good for $5 off any subscription! (This is the novella I hope people may nominate in 2009! ;-) From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:39:51 AM Subject: Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week! On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, d.brin wrote: As for the Violin Concerto...? Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by Man. Can someone with good knowledge of this piece recommend a particular recording of it? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin:Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
Though my Sheldon does bicycle 30 miles a day. Again, the YouTube concerto is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4U7C1_dxCAfeature=related thrive From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:47:48 AM Subject: Brin:Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week! On 04/12/2008, at 8:53 AM, d.brin wrote: Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by Man. Arguably. It's certainly a phenomenal piece of music. Your post has inspired me to go and find a good recording on CD, as I've lost almost all off my classical music in moving around the planet - *all* my vinyl is gone. I shall hit the music store on Friday. Incidentally, and Off Topic (of course - this is Brin-L after all), I got a bit of a nasty shock when I saw the name Sheldon Brown in the to-field, 'cause he died a few months ago. Maybe Dr Brin doesn't know he died, I thought. Then I checked the address and realised it was a different Sheldon Brown (apparently, the computer artist, not the bicycling guru). So as you were. :-) Charlie. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
I can't believe it almost slipped by without notice. Right now... give or take a couple of weeks... we are passing through the two hundredth anniversary of one of the greatest events in the history of art. Perhaps of all humanity. The Winter Concert of 1808, when Ludwig Von Beethoven unveiled and conducted, for the very first time: The Fourth Piano Concerto The Fifth Symphony The Sixth Symphony and The Violin Concerto in D Most of you know the two symphonies. Arguably his best in many ways. Lyrical, evocative, filled with color and imagery and drama. Certainly more measured and less tinged in overweening ego than the glorious Ninth. They, alone, would have made that debut concert an event for the ages. But the Fourth Piano Concerto is just as wondrous, as beautiful and awe inspiring as the symphonies. As for the Violin Concerto...? Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by Man. How could such an event go by, unremarked at the time... and its bicentennial barely noted, even today? That question is almost as fascinating as: how were people able to sit still for so long in one place, even to experience such beauty? Dang, they must have had iron bottoms. And -- in an era without recordings -- they must have really hungered for music. Twenty years ago, I began a time travel story, about a famed cellist from the future who travels back to sneak into Beethoven's 1808 orchestra. Like all my other time travel stories, it remains unfinished. In this case, because - despite having played violin in orchestras, in my youth, and having sung in a semi-pro chorale group - I simply know too little musicology to do the story justice. I'd need just the right collaborator... alas. Still, I can't believe the bicentennial almost went by. Well, somebody must have noticed. Because last night, getting in my car after seeing Kim Stanley Robinson and Geoff Ryman do wonderful readings at Sheldon Brown's SCALABLE CITY event, I tuned into NPR and found them playing a terrific version of the 4th Piano Concerto, with some of the best cadenzas I've heard. And I got to wave my arms, conducting it, all the way home. === Oh, but art never stops! Tune in to my latest episode of the ongoing History Channel show The Universe, entitled Alien Faces, and produced by John Greenwald. It will premier this Tuesday night, December 09th at 9:00pm! See a preview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1RSZDtm8Zw ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
In a message dated 12/3/2008 3:09:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And I got to wave my arms, conducting it, all the way home. To hell with liberal or conservative. Let's debate Toscanini or Stokowski. Vilyehm **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
