tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28777721.post6230132822461383389..comments2023-08-25T10:04:58.852-04:00Comments on grecchinois: Parlous?nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14282394516905056201noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28777721.post-1826501590462037962011-03-02T10:26:30.814-05:002011-03-02T10:26:30.814-05:00I have to agree with Nick. In just this past week...I have to agree with Nick. In just this past week, I too saw Joyce DiDonato in DC, and I saw Juan Diego Florez in recital, attended a salon with new composer Tom Cippullo, and I myself participated in a gorgeous Tenebrae program at the National Cathedral. In the same week, Hilary Hahn gave a stunning performance here. Quality of performance is not the issue. The best are still great.<br /><br />Likewise many hated Stravinsky in his time. His first performance of Les Noces actually caused a riot. Granted that would be exciting, but it is true that composers are rarely appreciated in their lifetime. Look at Bach, the greatest ever (IMHO).<br /><br />I think part of the problem is how we talk about the arts. We don't sell it the way would would some other fabulous thing. Compare the way we would glow to friends about a new restaurant that had the most amazing dish to what we would say, if we said anything at all, about a concert performance. Granted the concert is over. The dish is being served every night. But the ephemeral nature of our art should make it all the more precious were we to sell it that way. Just a thought.JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03421721255919073426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28777721.post-74837645801150359522011-02-21T14:05:05.456-05:002011-02-21T14:05:05.456-05:00Judging from the examples he's chosen, I belie...Judging from the examples he's chosen, I believe he is making a distinction between creators and performing artists.<br /><br />Absolutely, as you show, we have among us today as many marvellous and inspiring performers as we ever had (at least in music--I don't know about ballet, which seems to be his main focus). But I think the question he's raising is, do we have composers (or choreographers) who excite people as much as, say, Stravinsky did in his time?Janetnoreply@blogger.com