i've become something of a symphony slut of late - i love the overdressed brahmins - both grouchy husbands and brooch-wearing wives - as well as the corny VMA hall w/ it's terrible ticketing situ and rather dead hall. the conductor is a real charmer tho - promising the audience between pieces that the music won't take too long and will have a part to wake them up at the end. a battle so lost it's won!
went to see Barbara Kolb's new piece, "Web Spinner," which was lovely little piece of program music, utilizing that little extension piece on the upright bass for scrunchy runs across a shimmer of upper strings. the bass served the spider-sound best - i was unsure of the woodwinds attempts to skitter for some reason, maybe bc i think the woodwinds at the RI Phil are proficient but w/o subtleness.
now i'm sitting in the grad office nerding out to luomo on the Tannoys, (do all critics have TERRIBLE sound systems, or is it just me? i should get paid in turntables and speakers for a year so i can just end the pain of listening through crappy gear) and reading about how cool holland is for having a government agency devoted to promoting pop music. the links section contains listenings of dozens of such agencies around the world - sadly none for the CZ, though Tamizdat does a good job of it.
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