View Full Version : Let the Games Begin: The Classical Music Draft, Part I
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 02:10 PM
Another reminder -- no matter how out of left field (or right, or center) it may be,
please do not mention unpicked composers or works.
I counted at least three violations in the last couple dozen posts. I don't care how odd you think that pick might be *coughCAGEcough*, it's still not kosher to mention unless you're picking it. M'kay?
Carry on.
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 02:10 PM
Bach humbug.
:eek:
Please tell me you're kidding.
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 02:16 PM
Lots of Beethoven picked lately!
The 5th symphony... meh. It's my 5th or 6th favorite of his. Famous, sure, but not nearly his best or even most interesting.
Emperor concerto and Moonlight sonata... both fantastic picks. Kudos for both.
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 02:22 PM
All 48? shouldn't you choose between the first and second books? :)
OK fine, I choose the first book. If someone else wants to pick the 2nd, have at it, but I'll label you as an unimaginative leech for doing so. ;)
I have the Richter recording (recently reissued) and can highly recommend it.
I have the Jaccottet on harpsichord and love it.
And sachsen - just which temperment are we supposed to use with these works?
If nearly three centuries of musicologists haven't been able to answer that question yet, I'm certainly not going to attempt to!
Norsk Troll
19 Sep 2006, 02:27 PM
:eek:
Please tell me you're kidding.Only somewhat.
And the piece I mentioned is NOT music - no matter how many people would like to claim otherwise. So I don't consider that mentioning it violates the rules, since to select it would be equivalent to selecting Van Gogh's Starry Night and saying "but I hear music in my head when I see all the pretty stars!"
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 02:39 PM
Only somewhat.
And the piece I mentioned is NOT music - no matter how many people would like to claim otherwise. So I don't consider that mentioning it violates the rules, since to select it would be equivalent to selecting Van Gogh's Starry Night and saying "but I hear music in my head when I see all the pretty stars!"
But mentioning the COMPOSER is against the rules... because he did compose a few other things ;)
I like Starry Night...
Norsk Troll
19 Sep 2006, 02:42 PM
But mentioning the COMPOSER is against the rules... because he did compose a few other things ;)
I like Starry Night...I like Starry Night too. Weren't we at one point going to start an Art Draft?
sardus_pater
19 Sep 2006, 03:11 PM
Bach humbug.
I see only two options
This infidel is banned from the draft or he is beheaded for this blasphemy. :p
I am leaving dear J.S. to the end because even if all of you pick everything I was thinking of (and someone already did - for example the well tempered clavier) I'll go with a chorale I absolutely and insanely love (to the point I can listen to it for hours) and chance are I could go with that.
Ghost
19 Sep 2006, 03:15 PM
The 5th symphony... meh. It's my 5th or 6th favorite of his. Famous, sure, but not nearly his best or even most interesting.
You guys are soooooooo hardcore.
The aliens will end up disagreeing with you.
YankHibee
19 Sep 2006, 03:18 PM
Only somewhat.
And the piece I mentioned is NOT music - no matter how many people would like to claim otherwise.
Unless, of course, you are high and in an anechoic chamber.
Smiley321
19 Sep 2006, 03:26 PM
You guys are soooooooo hardcore.
The aliens will end up disagreeing with you.
Yeah, it's not so famous because he wrote it for Britney Spears.
Smiley321
19 Sep 2006, 03:35 PM
Another reminder -- no matter how out of left field (or right, or center) it may be,
please do not mention unpicked composers or works.
I counted at least three violations in the last couple dozen posts. I don't care how odd you think that pick might be *coughCAGEcough*, it's still not kosher to mention unless you're picking it. M'kay?
Carry on.
Why can't we mention unpicked composers?
A lotof it is because some of the more hardcore afficianados around here want to puff their chests about the depth of their knowledge.
I don't think that's necessarily true. People who think that their musical taste or knowledge is a mark of personal distinction (regardless of genre) should be pitied. But the truth is that for every great classical piece that's found its way into pop culture for whatever reason, there are a dozen equally great ones that haven't.
Iceblink
19 Sep 2006, 05:26 PM
Why can't we mention unpicked composers?
Drafter #9 wants Beethoven.
Drafter #5 forgets about Beethoven.
Drafter #1 says, "I pick Tchaikovsky, and I want to save Beethoven for later."
Drafter #5 says, "Oh yeah! Beethoven. Forget that other schmuck I was going to pick. I'm taking Beethoven!"
Drafter #9 says, "D'oh! If only #1 hadn't mentioned Beethoven."
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 05:28 PM
Why can't we mention unpicked composers?
To sustain the air of mystery, to prolong the aura of suspence, and because I said so.
Norsk Troll
19 Sep 2006, 05:39 PM
... to prolong the aura of suspence ...Oh, I don't think we're having any problems prolonging things ...
:D
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 07:13 PM
Oh, I don't think we're having any problems prolonging things ...
:D
Would you like some cheese with your whine? ;)
http://www.laurawerlin.com/images/cheesewine/cheeseandwine.jpg
Norsk Troll
19 Sep 2006, 09:54 PM
Another rule I think all drafts should have ... If it's your turn to draft, and you show up on Big Soccer but DON'T make your pick, then the next guy can go ahead
<coughMichaelKcough>
[yes, I'm feeling extra curmudgeonly this evening]
Sachsen
19 Sep 2006, 11:15 PM
Another rule I think all drafts should have ... If it's your turn to draft, and you show up on Big Soccer but DON'T make your pick, then the next guy can go ahead
<coughMichaelKcough>
[yes, I'm feeling extra curmudgeonly this evening]
Yeah, we only got four picks in today. That's not acceptable - that's a 40 day draft! Might have to make some changes for the 4th round...
Haole
19 Sep 2006, 11:20 PM
A question to concert-goers:
Are you moved to tears during live performances?
It's happened to me more than a few times, particularly with world-class orchestras. There's something about that big sound and great music that just riddles my senses.
Two years ago I took a date to all-Rachmaninoff program (Piano Concerto#2 and Symphony #(wont mention). This was a Russian Radio Symphony from St. Petersburg (actual name I forget). String section was all-women and they had quite the sound and had a fair number of simply ravishing beauties amongst them. In the 3rd movement of the symphony I lost it and started tearing up and, then some tingling all through my body and, then steady tears and some body rushes. It feels ok but, wow, it can be awkward. I can't stop it once it starts, either.
I was like this for about 5 minutes. I don't look around when this is happening because I'm in denial about all this and just can't bear to see what people around me might think of this.
I worry that if I go to the first nite of a big program I may be asked to 'get a grip' or something by some seriouser-than-thou, life-time subscriber.
I used to go to the Thursday afternoon shows in Boston at Symphony Hall. There were always, always, a lot of hardcore regulars at these shows and anything unusual was hardly noticed by this group...they had a life-long habit for BSO that they couldn't control any better than my mere teary-eyed moments. I think this may be where this all started.