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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostIf it's music I feel I am one of a mass of people listening at the same time as me, I guess it's what I feel to be the essence of the music communicated by the composer or jazz band or whatever that we are sharing that provides the feeling of togetherness, even though that togetherness is disparate over a large part of the globe and each and every one of us is taking something different from the music. Often I associate a particular work with a location, which, obviously, cannot be another listener's specific association unless by dint of some extraordinary coincidence, so I am identifying (with) a shared idea of place, even though where that place is will be different for each of us. If it is a piece which blew me away the first time I heard it, I will be trying to imagine the impact it is having on other listeners, and anticipating that particular passage that blew my mind: will it now be affecting them in the same way? With discussion programmes or panel shows like Any Questions the feeling of being part of it comes from a sense that everyone is thinking about the subjects being brought up, and that whatever our differences may be, at least this is happening. I'm not thinking about or wishing I could be having a conversation with my anonymous listening companions, though it is a pleasant surprise if I subsequently come across commentary on forums such as this: a recent example being the audience and co-panellists' treatment of Diane Abbott on Any Questions under its new host.
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Originally posted by Lat-Literal View PostYes, I understand. But are you seeing pictures of these people or are they concepts of people in your own head similar to the featureless concept of, say, congregation? Mine are largely concepts. I would have had an inability for many decades even to think about putting pictures into these contexts of either people or external environments. I would have been all ears - and mind. Even today, I think of Newcastle or Ipswich as ideas rather than their buildings or their roads or their people. It came as a surprise to me when I realised I could think of them more as they are if I decided to but it didn't/doesn't occur naturally. You close your eyes in live music. I did too but not so much these days, I think, not that I attend many things.
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Originally posted by greenilex View PostDoes the experience in any way depend on your ability to react publicly?
I think a great many people like the”contact” option with magazine phone-in programmes.
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So many fascinating observations. I am especially grateful to those who recommended The Goldberg Variations played by Beatrice Rana: what a wonderful interpretation - a new cd is on its way to the Kemp household! - and I am now also exploring Taneyev. Wasn't Sofia Tolstoy enamoured of him at one time? I believe he used to pop round to the Tolstoys and play their piano. I like to think that one of the pieces he played might have been this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOX...t_radio=1&t=81.
I don't think I've ever heard anything quite like it!
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Originally posted by Bella Kemp View PostSo many fascinating observations. I am especially grateful to those who recommended The Goldberg Variations played by Beatrice Rana: what a wonderful interpretation - a new cd is on its way to the Kemp household! - and I am now also exploring Taneyev. Wasn't Sofia Tolstoy enamoured of him at one time? I believe he used to pop round to the Tolstoys and play their piano. I like to think that one of the pieces he played might have been this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOX...t_radio=1&t=81.
I don't think I've ever heard anything quite like it!
Yes he was a frequent visitor at the Tolstoy house,here he is beating Leo at chess.
“Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky
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Originally posted by Edgy 2 View PostI love Taneyev's music,I recommend the Symphonies and String Quartets on Naxos and the wonderful Piano Quintet with a stellar cast on DG.
Yes he was a frequent visitor at the Tolstoy house,here he is beating Leo at chess.
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