Weinberg, Mieczysław (1919 - 96)

[EdgeleyRob]

Try this BeefO
Gilels,recorded in 1957,hence the clangyish sound

[Dave2002]

Bit of light reading for the beach https://www.research.manchester.ac.u.../FULL_TEXT.PDF

My goodness - that's a long 'un. Are humanities theses often that long?

[Dave2002]

"Music is the best means we have of digesting time".

W. H. Auden

Perhaps misattributed. Maybe Stravinsky?

[Beef Oven!]

Try this BeefO
Gilels,recorded in 1957,hence the clangyish sound

Thanks Rob!

[EdgeleyRob]

"Music is the best means we have of digesting time".

W. H. Auden

Perhaps misattributed. Maybe Stravinsky?

Now you tell me !

Anyone know for sure ?

[Bryn]

"Music is the best means we have of digesting time".

W. H. Auden



Now you tell me !

Anyone know for sure ?

Robert Craft did, but he's dead, so we can't ask him.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Anyone know for sure ?

According to WIKIQuotes (under "W H Auden: Misattributed"):

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
A quotation from Igor Stravinsky, not Auden. Cited as Auden's through a misreading of a paragraph in Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, by Robert Craft (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), p. 6. (The antecedent of "he" is unmistakably "Mr. S." in Craft's sentence: "He also makes a marvelous remark to the effect that 'Music is the best means we have of digesting time'"; and in the sentence that follows "he" is again Stravinsky, not Auden.)

Checking that source, it is indeed Igor who originated the phrase - as the previous sentence is all about Stravinsky's anxiety about the quality of the table and tablecloth ("mr S's fuss about a wobble in the table, his annoyance with a butter-fingered waiter, his obsession with scraping up crumbs, and his exculpatory rubbing out two spots on the tablecloth (what is he apologizing for?). He also makes a marvellous ... "

This was a memorable occasion for Craft - his first real meeting with Stravinsky, and he witnesses the composer's first sighting of the libretto of The Rake's Progress (which Auden has given Craft a "sneaky peek" at before he shows it to the composer) at the lunch with Stravinsky, the composer's wife, and the librettists Auden and Kalman.

So - yes; it should be Stravinsky cited as the originator of the quotation.

[EdgeleyRob]

According to WIKIQuotes (under "W H Auden: Misattributed"):



Checking that source, it is indeed Igor who originated the phrase - as the previous sentence is all about Stravinsky's anxiety about the quality of the table and tablecloth ("mr S's fuss about a wobble in the table, his annoyance with a butter-fingered waiter, his obsession with scraping up crumbs, and his exculpatory rubbing out two spots on the tablecloth (what is he apologizing for?). He also makes a marvellous ... "

This was a memorable occasion for Craft - his first real meeting with Stravinsky, and he witnesses the composer's first sighting of the libretto of The Rake's Progress (which Auden has given Craft a "sneaky peek" at before he shows it to the composer) at the lunch with Stravinsky, the composer's wife, and the librettists Auden and Kalman.

So - yes; it should be Stravinsky cited as the originator of the quotation.

Blimey,I will put that right straight away,thanks ferney.

[bluestateprommer]

Getting back to the original thread (ahem), just found from the SymphonyCast program page this archived broadcast that includes MW's Violin Concerto, with Gidon Kremer, MG-T and the LA Phil:

https://www.yourclassical.org/programs/symphonycast/episodes/2018/11/05

[bluestateprommer]

Sol Gabetta has a feature on Weinberg from her show KlickKlack, for those who want to brush up their German, with mention of this summer's Cello Concerto performance @ The Proms:

https://www.br-klassik.de/programm/sendungen-a-z/klickklack/sol-gabetta-mieczyslaw-weinberg-100-jahre-gidon-kremer-linus-roth-100.html

[BBMmk2]

A composer I’m growing more and more fond of.

[Barbirollians]

Finally got round to listening to Weinberg’s Symphony no 21 in Mirga’s recording. I found it very moving and compelling .

[Edgy 2]

Finally got round to listening to Weinberg’s Symphony no 21 in Mirga’s recording. I found it very moving and compelling .

[Zucchini]

Finally got round to listening to Weinberg’s Symphony no 21 in Mirga’s recording. I found it very moving and compelling .

CBSO @TheCBSO Nov 20

"Thrilled that our Weinberg Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21 recording with Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla has been nominated for a Grammy for best orchestral performance!

#GRAMMYs2020 "

[richardfinegold]

I really like the new album with Mirga and I also dug out my Chandos recording of the Cello Concerto, which is a gorgeous piece of music