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  • peterthekeys
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    • Aug 2014
    • 246

    BAL - Nielsen 6

    Although I agree with his choice (Blomstedt), I found the reviews very strange - he seems to have a habit of deluging a work with vast amounts of simile and metaphor (for example, the second movement was a "haunted toyshop" with "grinning painted faces" (or something like that.) Actually, it was quite apposite - but I doubt if Nielsen was thinking in those terms when he wrote it.) Also, it baffled me that he did not once mention Robert Simpson, whose book on Nielsen did a massive amount to clarify some of the baffling aspects of the music (well, it did for me anyway.) Maybe it was felt that any mention of "progressive tonality" would unlock a can of worms which would not be suitable for general consumption (sorry about that - can't find a "yuck!" smiley or I would have included one ...)
    Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 22-12-15, 15:32.
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