Which conductor/performer/composer would you most like to have met?

[Guest]

And what would you have asked them?

A bit of Friday fun. It could also be applied to present day conductors/performers/composers.

[Tevot]

Mahler

I'd ask him : " Why don't you lighten up ? "



Best Wishes,

Tevot

[Hornspieler]

And what would you have asked them?

A bit of Friday fun. It could also be applied to present day conductors/performers/composers.

It will always be one of my regrets that I never had the opportunity to play for Celibidache, Eduard van Beinum, Pierre Monteux or Ernst Ansermet.

With conductors of that stature, you don't ask them anything but you pay close attention to what they have to say to you.

HS

[Ruhevoll]

It will always be one of my regrets that I never had the opportunity to play for Celibidache, Eduard van Beinum, Pierre Monteux or Ernst Ansermet.

With conductors of that stature, you don't ask them anything but you pay close attention to what they have to say to you.

HS

Celibidache is quite a recent discovery for me, but his unique approach to music is really interesting. I was listening to his Brahms (EMI) last night and, to quote one very nice Amazon review, he makes the music 'breathe'. Very different from the singing, lilting quality of Walter, but his approach certainly makes you hear new things in what can feel like overly familiar music at times. And his Bruckner has been a revelation.

> You might find this interesting, HS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthKs40ClCY

[Zucchini]

Daniel Barenboim - it would be a great experience but I'd be pretty nervous of his massive intellect

or Helene Grimaud - we could talk about wolves, the influence of synesthesia on her playing and how lovely she looks

[Ferretfancy]

Many years ago, I sat over a cup of coffee at the BBC's Maida Vale studios having a very nice chat with the young David Zinman. The trouble is, I can't remember a word, and that's the problem. What would you ask Mozart, for example ?

[Hornspieler]

Celibidache is quite a recent discovery for me, but his unique approach to music is really interesting. I was listening to his Brahms (EMI) last night and, to quote one very nice Amazon review, he makes the music 'breathe'. Very different from the singing, lilting quality of Walter, but his approach certainly makes you hear new things in what can feel like overly familiar music at times. And his Bruckner has been a revelation.

> You might find this interesting, HS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthKs40ClCY

Thanks for the link, Ruhevoll. For Silvestri, his fellow Rumanian was a rival, but I believe that the influence of Georges Enescu was an important link between the two conductors and influenced their interpretaion of, particularly, Eastern European late 19th century music.

So I would have loved to see and play for Celibidache, who's reputation and success preceded that of Silvestri in our own country.

HS

[Dave2002]

i once met one of my heroes Stephen Kovacevich at a party. Unfortunately I didn't know who he was as our hostess had only introduced him as Steve, though she thought I might be interested in meeting him and would know him. We got round to asking what we each did, and he replied something along the lines of "I play the piano, a bit". A string of questions and answers followed ... "What kind of music do you play and/or like?", "where do you play?", and the high spot might have been " Can you make a living out of that?" Eventually we talked about American football, which he seemed to like.

I was not pleased afterwards when I realised whom I'd been talking to. If you're out there Stephen I hope you nevertheless had fun with that. I still like your playing a lot.

[amateur51]

Thanks for the link, Ruhevoll. For Silvestri, his fellow Rumanian was a rival, but I believe that the influence of Georges Enescu was an important link between the two conductors and influenced their interpretaion of, particularly, Eastern European late 19th century music.

So I would have loved to see and play for Celibidache, who's reputation and success preceded that of Silvestri in our own country.

HS

Celibache conducts Enescu 'live'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Y5x1N_aIg

[EdgeleyRob]

Felix Mendelssohn and Ralph Vaughan Williams,"thank you for keeping me sane".

Charles Valentin Alkan, "You don't fancy playing your Trois Etudes de Bravoure Op. 16 for me do you ?".

Helene Grimaud,"Can you teach me to play the piano from scratch please ?".

Adrian Boult and Richard Hickox, "Thanks".

Deborah Harry,"What are you doing later ?".

[teamsaint]

Felix Mendelssohn and Ralph Vaughan Williams,"thank you for keeping me sane".

Charles Valentin Alkan, "You don't fancy playing your Trois Etudes de Bravoure Op. 16 for me do you ?".

Helene Grimaud,"Can you teach me to play the piano from scratch please ?".


Adrian Boult and Richard Hickox, "Thanks".

Deborah Harry,"What are you doing later ?".

Better chat up line than I would manage, ER !!

I would ask

Brahms: " Which cupboard is all the abandonned material in?"

Robert Palmer: " How did you stay cool while doing uncool things, and sometimes making uncool music". Great singer IMO, and a cool guy.

[Serial_Apologist]

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Robert Palmer: " How did you stay cool while doing uncool things, and sometimes making uncool music". Great singer IMO, and a cool guy.

For a moment there I got confused with Robert Plant!!!

I would have liked to ask Sun Ra if he really believed he was born on Saturn.

If you check the A-Z for London you'ss notice a street turning off Denmark Hill in south London called Sunray Avenue. When I first visited the district thinking of moving here, someone had stuck something over the "y" on the street sign, and I took this as a good omen in making my decision.

[teamsaint]

For a moment there I got confused with Robert Plant!!!

I would have liked to ask Sun Ra if he really believed he was born on Saturn.

If you check the A-Z for London you'ss notice a street turning off Denmark Hill in south London called Sunray Avenue. When I first visited the district thinking of moving here, someone had stuck something over the "y" on the street sign, and I took this as a good omen in making my decision.

Someone was telling you something., S_A.

Plant, Palmer. Just good old Rock n Rollers.
I miss Robert Palmer, Dunno why. Just seemed like one of the good guys. Despite the sexist videos n all. I expect he regretted them, really.

[amateur51]

I'm reminded of the occasion when a newspaper sent along a reporter to interview the pianist Shura Cherkassky in his tiny flat in The White House, an hotel at the top of Great Portland Street, London.

He plied the diminutive maestro with one or two of his questions, all of which Shura had heard many times before.

Shura finally lost patience and said

"Ah, we don't want to talk about this stuff, it's boring. Now, let me show you my suits"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaU6Zihf7S4

[Serial_Apologist]

I'm reminded of the occasion when a newspaper sent along a reporter to interview the pianist Shura Cherkassky in his tiny flat in The White House, an hotel at the top of Great Portland Street, London.

He plied the diminutive maestro with one or two of his questions, all of which Shura had heard many times before.

Shura finally lost patience and said

"Ah, we don't want to talk about this stuff, it's boring. Now, let me show you my suits"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaU6Zihf7S4

I was once detailed to interview a well-known American singer known as a difficult character for an avant garde music journal. I arrived at the appointed place heavily dosed on painkillers for a slipped disc, feeling floaty instead of my usual nervous. She entered the room sporting dark glasses more impenetrable than Ray Charles's and proceeded to stall on all my pre-prepared questions. After half an hour I suddenly realised in my state that I had omitted to press "record", and found myself overflowing with apologies, "Oh never mind, never mind!" she exclaimed, throwing aside her shades, "You look in such pain, and maybe I wasn't supposed to say all that stuff!" From that point on the interview went superbly!