Title: Bits and Pieces
May 26th 2007 01:59
I have listened to a some parts of Schubert's piano sonata today, it was the background music in Bresson's film "Balthazar". I think Schubert's solo piano music is probably the most effortless there is, though I am not quite sure what I am trying to say. Compared to Mozart, his structure doesn't make itself so visible and compared to Beethoven, he is not that forceful, which doesn't make him less intense. Chopin can be too idiosyncratic, too personal. Schubert has these gradual transitions; he builds up tension rather than letting it explode in to the listener's face, his music evolves and it lives...
On a more hedonistic note, the other day I have caught on the radio about ten minutes of Bernstein's composition on Plato's "The Feast". This dialogue, if I am not mistaken, focuses mostly on homosexual love, and Bernstein as we all know was gay - well, well, what an appropriate choice. That said, the music indeed sounded evocative, perhaps even sexual. It surprised me, and I even had a few laughs, which is generally my reaction to a witty or humorous musical idea.
So, I enjoyed it. When trying to guess what it was I came up with Stravinsky, but the latter's music, I think, is cooler (more analytical maybe?) and not as brash as Bernstein's.
I wonder how preposterous all that sounds.
On a more hedonistic note, the other day I have caught on the radio about ten minutes of Bernstein's composition on Plato's "The Feast". This dialogue, if I am not mistaken, focuses mostly on homosexual love, and Bernstein as we all know was gay - well, well, what an appropriate choice. That said, the music indeed sounded evocative, perhaps even sexual. It surprised me, and I even had a few laughs, which is generally my reaction to a witty or humorous musical idea.
So, I enjoyed it. When trying to guess what it was I came up with Stravinsky, but the latter's music, I think, is cooler (more analytical maybe?) and not as brash as Bernstein's.
I wonder how preposterous all that sounds.
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