Thursdays

[Petrushka]

Time is funny, for sure.We should enjoy the moment,though. Having said that, looking forward very much to next Thursday...Brahms at the RFH !!

Always liked John Mortimer's witty one-liner about time and old age: 'It's like you're having breakfast every five minutes'.

A short working week this week after my trip down for the Haitink concert and only two days holiday left this year one of which is Christmas Eve.

[EdgeleyRob]

Good on you Sainty.

Another week has flown past. The distance between Sunday and Thursday evenings gets ever shorter in my experience.

Time flies like an arrow Alison.
Fruit flies like a banana.

[teamsaint]

Time flies like an arrow Alison.
Fruit flies like a banana.

sounds like your Thursday finished well ER. Great review of the concert. I heard you waving to us !!

[EdgeleyRob]

sounds like your Thursday finished well ER. Great review of the concert. I heard you waving to us !!

Cheers ts,yep the music is still in my head now,not been up to properley listening to anything today.
It amazes me how music can affect us so deeply.
Mrs ER "I can tell it means a lot to you coz your having one of your funny turns"

[teamsaint]

A cool but beautiful start to Thursday down here.

Have a good one folks.

[Alison]

Somehow we have entered a slightly different phase of Autumn. Day off so treating myself to aromatherapy massage!

[BBMmk2]

Have fun! :)

[Alison]

And here we are again. Feel a good Thursday coming on with a fine RFH concert to look forward to on the wireless.

[teamsaint]

yup, certainly a fine star to Thursday weatherwise down here.

Didn't realise the Mahler was on the radio. RFH Sold out.
What is it about Mahler that sells so many tickets compared even to other popular composers? Ought to read that book I suppose.

[Beef Oven!]

yup, certainly a fine star to Thursday weatherwise down here.

Ought to read that book I suppose.

£5.99 on Kindle or as cheap as £7.30 for a used hardback. No excuse really.

And hopefully, from there, you won't go backwards to Brahms pc #1, Magnard et al

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005IND4NO/ref=wms_ohs_product_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[teamsaint]

£5.99 on Kindle or as cheap as £7.30 for a used hardback. No excuse really.

And hopefully, from there, you won't go backwards to Brahms pc #1, Magnard et al

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

this was the one I was thinking of.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_fb_0_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=why%20mahler&sprefix=why+mahler%2Cdigital-text%2C256&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Awhy%20mahler

But TRIN is top of my reading list. Thanks.

[Beef Oven!]

TRIN is top of my reading list. Thanks.

[Beef Oven!]

What is it about Mahler that sells so many tickets compared even to other popular composers?

The father of 20th century music.

I guess part of the reason is that he's sufficiently tame, and for some, really only challenges technical composition values, rather than creates an alternative aesthetic, which would be uncomfortable.

People can listen to him and enjoy the tunes, melodies and selective harmonics, while simultaneously feeling that they are 'listening on the edge'. It's the best of all possible worlds.

This all occurs subconsciously, of course.

Listening to 'classical' or 'serious' music, even for the 'informed audience' is essentially a conservative behaviour.

You can't even give Schoenberg tickets away, never mind anything beyond.

[EdgeleyRob]

Yes,it's been a very Thursdayish Thursday (so far).

[Petrushka]

Yes,it's been a very Thursdayish Thursday (so far).

Love it!

I'll be giving 0% tomorrow as I've got the day off. Regular meet up with friends.