In Reply to: Listening Briefs: Berlioz Requiem, Shosty 4th with Wigglesroom, Muti's hot-blooded Romeo, lovely early Debussy posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 16, 2016 at 19:57:22:
Fascinating works - and I agree that many listeners probably do not know them, and perhaps may not even be aware of them.If you'll permit me a self-indulgent reminiscence here, I once performed (in SF in the mid 80's - soon after these pieces were "rediscovered" and published) in a staged ballet using two of these works as the music, together with other music by Debussy. Of course, I wasn't one of the dancers, but I was the live pianist on stage performing the Debussy works. (There seemed to be a fad for this kind of ballet/dance staging around that time.) The lead female dancer was Clare Whistler, the (great?) granddaughter of James MacNeil Whistler - which would make her the great great grandaughter of Whistler's Mother. ;-) It was just a single performance (which I thought went pretty decently).
Edits: 10/17/16
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