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Chris from Lafayette

In Reply to: RE: I smell (one of Grieg's) trolls a lurkin'.... posted by krisjan on June 24, 2015 at 06:22:54

Well. . . at least one famous soprano I knew agreed with you about the Mahler Eighth - that would be Phyllis Curtin, who once told the participants in one of her master classes that she felt Mahler repeated that "Ewig, ewig" motive in the Eighth so much that she wanted to wring his neck! ;-)

Edits: 06/24/15

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Such blasphemy!! Off with your heads! nt - jdaniel@jps.net 00:04:52 06/25/15 (1)
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- Hey, I'm up for the Mahler 8 during certain mental conditions [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:19:08 06/25/15 (0)
Glad there is at least one other on my island! :-) (nt) - krisjan 10:28:10 06/24/15 (0)
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