In Reply to: RE: "jdaniel claims to be busy 'working'" posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 21, 2016 at 12:16:40:
And in fact what I heard (in multi-channel) was quite a variety of thwacks - with the tonal weight of the Bergen PO always equal to the task, no matter what the weight of the thwacks was.
It's worthwhile remembering that, in the final Danse sacral, the chosen one is literally dancing herself to death in the presence of the (dirty) old men (aka elders), so a sensitive-new-age-guy rendition of the drum thwacks just isn't going to cut it. ;-)
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Follow Ups
- Well. . . that's where our mystery guest and I disagree with you ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:45:56 10/21/16 (6)
- Lucky for us, there's at least 20 high res Rites from which to choose. - jdaniel@jps.net 18:53:07 10/21/16 (5)
- The "indiscriminate banging" is your conceit - not reality [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:53:51 10/22/16 (4)
- (BTW - I mean something like a poetic conceit, not chutzpah!) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:11:09 10/22/16 (3)
- No worries, one man's indiscriminate banging is another man's Shostakovich 7th. : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 09:45:50 10/22/16 (2)
- indiscriminate banging- OK, that's enough about your Sex Life...! nt - oldmkvi 13:43:30 10/29/16 (1)
- Ha ha. At my age, "indiscriminate banging" usually involves stubborn pill bottles and bathroom sink edges. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 16:59:12 10/29/16 (0)