Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Must be something to do with Hamburg. My piano was made in Hamburg,
>and the piano I covet too was made in Hamburg.
>
>Just as I like my cameras made in Solms.
My youngest years were spent living in Hamburg next to a 'Herr
Brahms', who was a grandson of the famous one. This one owned a chain
of barber shops in Hamburg.
However, our piano is Viennese.
Brahms is certainly my favourite symphonic composer of his period.
>However, as for composers, I have been intrigued by an obscure
>French composer who was a contemporary of Chopin and Liszt. The
>name is Charles-Valentin Alkan, and was a prodigious virtuoso, and
>his capabilities are evident in his compositions.
>
>I am so intrigued by his compositions that I even had the nerve to
>play one in front of people with my very amateur hands:
>
>Alkan Etude in g# minor, Op.39 No.8, performed at the Van Cliburn
>International Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth,
>Tx, on June 3, 2007
>
>http://stream.luxmedia501.com/?file=clients/cliburn/Iisaka_Full_Final.wmv&type=wmv
>
>
>On Oct 7, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> Seems to be something to do with Hamburg :-)
>> Brahms earned his money as a brothel pianist and everyone hated
>>Mahler - including Mahler ;-)
>>
>> Love 'em both - JB's "Variations on a theme from Haydn" was always
>>one of my all time favourites since my childhood, and still is.
>> Brahms "German Requiem" is nearly on a par with Faure's for me.
>>Mahler is something superb for dreary autumnal sunday afternoons.
>>
>> Although now I'm much more more partial to Bruckner, Britten,
>>Copland, Ives, Hindemith, Janacek, Milhaud,Villa-Lobos, some
>>Bermstein and just about anybody's Requiem, Mass or Stabat Mater
>>for serious listening and Delius, Dvorak, Poulenc, Lefebure-Wely
>>and Louis Moreau Gottschalk for lighter moments (nearly forgot
>>William Bolcom's piano rags - absolutely brilliant!!).
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> BTW, I love choral music - a tradition in Yorkshire - being part
>>of "Sounding Brass and Voices" performing Parry's Jerusalem is a
>>breathtaking experience - but I could never get much further than
>>glorious Gilbert & Sullivan - my mother was an accompanist for the
>>Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan Society, so it was permanent background
>>music at home - (and PDQ Bach :-) ) when it comes to
>>opera/operetta.
>>
>> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>> Brahms digs too deep in the mind for me...
>>> He's an instable romantic, I guess ;-)
>>> Philippe
>
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