McCrankyfaceMagnus Lindberg's Viola Concerto is perhaps the worst piece of music I have ever had to sit through. I used to view Christopher Rouse's Bassoon concerto as the pinnacle of modern aural assaults but it is far surpassed by this composition. Whereas Rouse demonstrates his contempt for the Bassoon by giving the performer the opportunity to display the worst characteristics of the instrument, Lindberg demonstrates his contempt for the audience by forcing them to endure a cacophonous string of notes produced using an array of unconventional techniques without any semblance of thematic, melodic, or tonal structure. I may never recover.
Penny Richardsstarted a #wikipedia article on Virginia V. Weldon (1935-2024), a pediatric endocrinologist who taught at Washington University School of Medicine from 1968 to 1989, and was a vice-president at #Monsanto from 1989 to 1998: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_V._Weldon @WikiWomeninRed #WomeninSTEM #Diedin2024 #WUSTL #SLSO #AAMC #JohnsHopkins
Joe WellsJust learned about this brand new release from St Louis Symphony Orchestra:
Leonard Bernstein, Serenade after Plato's Symposium and John Williams, Violin Concerto No. 1
I believe this is the first #SLSO release with Stéphane Denève conducting. Apparently Williams was present at the recording.
Streaming at the link, and lots of other places too, I'm sure.
https://www.pentatonemusic.com/product/williams-violin-concerto-no-1-bernstein-serenade/
Lisa SassSept 23 is finally here—best day of the year!
Hoping I don’t confuse the event at which it is expected and permitted to jump up and yell profanities.
• Day: Hockey, first pre-season home game (Go Blues!) 🏒
• Night: Symphony, opening night of new season (Go SLSO!) 🎻
Hilary Hahn, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor, III’d mvmt.
https://songwhip.com/hilary-hahn/violin-concerto-in-e-minor-op-64-mwv-o14-iii-allegretto-non-troppo-allegro-molto-vivace
(This=random hockey-joy posts I warned you about. It’s seasonal & not often)
#classicalmusic #hockey #nhl #slso
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace by Hilary Hahn, Felix Mendelssohn, Hugh Wolff, Oslo-Filharmonien
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spheruliticThere was a time when my greatest talent was whistling the piccolo solo from “Stars and Stripes Forever” #SLSO #ArtHill #ForestPark
The #SLSO is doing Florence Price’s First Symphony this season; it was the first full symphony by a Black woman to be played by a major American orchestra when it premiered with the Chicago Symphony in 1933. They played the third movement “Juba Dance”, which was fantastic. #ArtHill #ForestPark
On #ArtHill tonight listening to the #SLSO play in the rain. So far it’s a fun collection of pops:
- Blue Danube
- Radetzky March
- March from Love for Three Oranges
- Overture to Candide
Also my butt is wet from sitting in the grass. #SaintLouis #StLouis #ForestPark