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Monday, January 28, 2008

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Ahh...the good ol' days when the media reported on things that truly matter.

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Troy said...: I'm amazed at how well Boulez color coordinates his tomatoey-orange shirt and pants. I can hardly make out the waist line! Also, a bit of unusually shaped male-pattern baldness on that fella in the foreground...
But yes, strange days indeed.; 2:10 PM
Lisa Hirsch said...: I tell you, the 70s were an all-around fashion nightmare. I am horrified that women's styles from then have made a comeback in the last 18 months. Go away, dammit; I hated you the first time.; 11:21 AM
Corey said...: http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/dieter.jpg

If only he did red-orange, or is it orange-red...?; 1:53 PM
PWS said...: Dieter! Yes!; 5:27 PM
Henry Holland said...: Well, thank you, JSW, you've now given me horrible flashbacks of my parents installing lime green shag carpet in our living room, putting faux-wood paneling on the walls and my dad wearing a pale blue suit that made him look like a Magritte painting. *SHUDDER*; 9:46 AM
La Pense Sauvage said...: i was fortunate to work with the man around this time. he generally dressed better, so i suspect he was just trying to get down and funky with the lads in the NY Phil. (Lisa Hirsch: don't worry, the return of 70's fashion is mostly Russian nostalghia for the Disco Life denied them. they'll get over it, then we'll be done with it.)his pitch and timbrel discrimination was a motherfucker. i watched him adjust and voice Varese tone-clusters like he was dealing poker in Vegas: no hesitation. i could only hang my head and cry.; 9:14 PM
Lisa Hirsch said...: Oh, wow!; 12:28 PM
Alex said...: LPS: that is an awesome comment.; 1:06 AM
Marc-Antoine said...: rcJust to give you a transatlantic feddback.

Daniel Barenboim recently got the honour a full editorial in London's The Guardian,
and also... the last comment by readers, which is less flattering...

In any case, I have enjoyed watching and listening to him on DVD. He
played the Beethoven sonatas in Berlin and the DVD set was issued last
year along with masterclasses with young pianists (including the
Chinese Lang Lang!).

In praise of ... Daniel Barenboim

Leader
The Guardian, London Monday January 28 2008

Forty years after he marked the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall by
performing the 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven there, Daniel Barenboim
returns to London's South Bank tonight to start playing them all over
again, this time in the recently refurbished Royal Festival Hall.

Any complete cycle of these great works would be a very notable
musical event, but this one, in which Mr Barenboim is performing the
32 sonatas in eight recitals lasting less than three weeks, guarantees
a musical journey of unusual intensity.
This will demand much from the audience too, but the central
contribution will inevitably be that of Mr Barenboim, who is
simultaneously interweaving these London recitals with a companion
cycle of the Beethoven sonatas
in Milan. If all that was not enough, this remarkable polymath is also
taking part in three public discussions about the role of the artist
in engaging with the problems of modern societies.

No one is better placed to debate such issues than Mr Barenboim, who
is, through his continuing work with Arab and Israeli young musicians,
a kind of one-man Middle East peace process.
There is no shortage of reasons for admiring Mr Barenboim. But it was
as a pianist that he first burst into our consciousness in the 1960s -
and it is as a pianist that he returns now. Beethoven's sonatas are
one of the great achievements of western music. Mr Barenboim is one of
the great men of our time. Together they represent the best of us.

...........................

Readers Comments

Teacup

January 28, 2008 11:27 AM
I wish I could be there, paint me green with envy!
A great pianist, a great conductor, but above all a great human being.
If only the Government of Israel would emulate Maestro Barenboim.
Bravo, maestro, bravissimo!

Amadeus37

January 28, 2008 4:03 PM
Totally agree, he is sublime.

Southville

January 28, 2008 9:33 PM
This - what DB is doing in London and Milan, and has done in Palestine
and in Israel - is what we are here for. No need to be ashamed of not
being able to match him. Simply glory in the standard that humanity
can reach. It validates us all.

nohope4eng

January 29, 2008 12:24 AM
saw Barenboim tonight(28th) Wonderful performance
Yes,he's a great guy -his work in the Middle East
is vital and shows he a great Jew and most of all a great human being.
Dialog is the only way forward and the more of it,the more
understanding there will be between Israelis and Palestinians
Unfortunately those on the extreme of both sides,but particualarly the
Hamas,will never listen

M

leboyfriend

January 29, 2008 6:58 PM
Yes, Barenboim is a great musician and one must applaud his continuing
efforts to use music as a means of peace in the Middle East. But
before using phrases like "above all a great human being" let us not
forget that this is the man who dumped on Jacqueline du Pre after she
was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis - a time when perhaps she needed
him most. He left her for another woman with whom he had two children
while du Pre was still alive and her marriage to Barenboim had not
been dissolved. I would say that while a fine pianist and conductor he
is like most of us a flawed human being.; 4:17 AM

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