1) What five operas would you most like to see performed?
2) What five pieces would you most like to hear performed?
3) What five living performers would you most like to meet?
4) What five living composers would you most like to meet?
5) What five living musicians (composers, performers, writers, scholars, etc) would you most like to play three-on-three basketball with/against?
Post your answers in comments or on your blogs. Thanks. I'll post mine later.
2 Nov: My answers are in the comments.
Duly blogged.
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ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
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Here's mine:
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Okay, when do we see your answers? :)
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ReplyDelete1) Berg, Wozzeck
ReplyDeleteJanacek, Makropolus Case
Ligeti, Grande Macabre
Messiaen, St. Francis
Saariaho, L'Amour de Loin
2) Carter, Concerto for Orchestra
Feldman, Rothko Chapel
Reich, Drumming
Mahler, Sixth
Rzewski, People United...
3) Dawn Upshaw
Stephen Drury
Karita Mattila
Tim Smith
Marilyn Nonken
4) Elliott Carter
Kaija Saariaho
Steve Reich
Lee Hyla
Michael Hersch
5) On my team, David Starobin, because he could set picks; and David Robertson, to run the offense.
Against: Glass, Adams, and Reich, because I bet they'd argue amongst themselves no end.
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ReplyDeleteWonderful questions!
Oh, now WHY did I not think of Rothko Chapel?
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ReplyDeleteCheers Steve!
Ken
Since I'm late, I'll just go for the operas:
ReplyDeleteCilea, "L'Arlesiana" (with Jonas Kaufmann)
Bizet, "Djamileh"
Hanson, "Merry Mount"
Vivaldi, "Judita Triumphans" (ok, ok, it's an oratorio)
Ponchielli, "I Lituani"