Who said that?

[Serial_Apologist]

Talking about Nielsen's Symphony #5, who said ....

"One feels at the end that he has arrived, you know, [in a] completely, err, satisfying way - I hesitate to use the word logical because logic and music don't have much to do with each other"

Answers on a postcard to someone who cares.

Robert Simpson?

[Beef Oven!]

Robert Simpson?

[Beef Oven!]

"essentially just a big trash-out for [him]": "To me it was just silly, and out of tune, and bad. I couldn't listen to it. It sounded like [he] was trying for a funk record, and just picked the wrong guys. They didn't understand how to play funk. They weren't steady enough."

Who said that about whom in connection with what?

[Beef Oven!]

Who said to the musicians who were to give the premier of his latest composition .....

"Play the first movement so that flies drop dead in mid-air and the audience leaves the hall out of sheer boredom."

[ahinton]

Who said to the musicians who were to give the premier of his latest composition .....

"Play the first movement so that flies drop dead in mid-air and the audience leaves the hall out of sheer boredom."

You just did! No, seriously, this (if I remember correctly) was Shostakovich on his 15th and final string quartet. I don't believe that it's ever actually happened like that, though...

[Beef Oven!]

You just did! No, seriously, this (if I remember correctly) was Shostakovich on his 15th and final string quartet. I don't believe that it's ever actually happened like that, though...

[Richard Barrett]

And there I was thinking it must have been David Matthews...

[burning dog]

"essentially just a big trash-out for [him]": "To me it was just silly, and out of tune, and bad. I couldn't listen to it. It sounded like [he] was trying for a funk record, and just picked the wrong guys. They didn't understand how to play funk. They weren't steady enough."

Who said that about whom in connection with what?

One of the Steely Dan chaps about Bitches Brew. He also complains about the funk grooves on the Herbie Hancock album Headhunters "going on and on" which is a far sillier comment,

BTW, I don't think Bitches Brew WAS supposed to be a funk record, thought some of it was just messy.

[Beef Oven!]

And there I was thinking it must have been David Matthews...

Speaking of whom, I've been listening to the 'Steve Davis' of music a fair bit lately - his piano trios, esp #2. I fancy checking out his string quartets. Not knowing where to start, I was wondering if anyone could give a steer. I know Jayne is keen on his orchestral works, but does anyone know his string quartets?

[Beef Oven!]

One of the Steely Dan chaps about Bitches Brew. He also complains about the funk grooves on the Herbie Hancock album Headhunters "going on and on" which is a far sillier comment,

BTW, I don't think Bitches Brew WAS supposed to be a funk record, though some of it was just messy.

Steely Dan are silly, full stop. IMHO. Well, they got silly.

[ahinton]

And there I was thinking it must have been David Matthews...

Really? Not Elgar, then? Well, never mind; there's no harm in being wrong once in a while, is there? David Matthews has yet to write his 15th string quartet; that will be the next one for him to do, assuming that he decides to contibute further to the quartet repertoire (which seems pretty much an odds-on certainty, I would think).

[Richard Barrett]

the 'Steve Davis' of music

[ahinton]

the 'Steve Davis' of music

Curious notion; on what might it be based, just out of interest? (I believe that his official opus number tally is around 147, but...). And might you by chance have a candidate for the "Hurricane Higgins of music"?...

[Beef Oven!]

Curious notion; on what might it be based, just out of interest? (I believe that his official opus number tally is around 147, but...). And might you by chance have a candidate for the "Hurricane Higgins of music"?...

Which of DM's string quartets would you say could be a rewarding place for the novice listener to begin with?

[ahinton]

Which of DM's string quartets would you say could be a rewarding place for the novice listener to begin with?

5 or 6, perhaps. The string quartet medium has obviously been an important feature of hisoutput and looks set to continue to be so. You mentioned his three piano trios earlier; I feel most forunate to be the dedicatee of the most recent - and the Leonore Trio's performances of all three are excellent.