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In Reply to: RE: Violinist Hilary Hahn. posted by free.ranger on July 03, 2016 at 18:43:37
Listening to her recordings, I am reminded of what was said about the famous early 20th century ballet dancer Nijinsky:
"Like a sun that pours forth light but never warmth".
YMMV, of course.
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Hahn's performances just don't connect with me..... In contrast to Sayaka Shoji.........
. . . although I was just listening my copy of Sayaka's recording of the Bach First (G minor) Unaccompanied Sonata a couple of weeks ago, and I was unpleasantly reminded of how much she limits her vibrato on that recording. ;-)
BTW, I think I read she is coming to the SF area next season - I forget whether she's playing with the SF Symphony or if she's playing a recital.
I personally think Bach should have zero vibrato............
Not that I DON'T respect her recordings, but, to me, there are a lot of recordings by other babe violinists that are much more stimulating. A perfect instance of YMMV, de gustibus, and all that!
(I will say that, in general, I like her recordings better than those of Perlman.)
Huh?
Every violinist with a continuing contract with a label gets around to recording all the romantic warhorses and many of the major 20th century composers.
So, how does one violinist get labelled as a proponent of modernism while others do not, since they all eventually get around to recording pretty much the same romantic works plus an assortment of modern works?
For example, I've never heard Sarah Chang referred to as a flag waver for modernism. Same for Tasmine Little, Midori, Mutter, Mullova, or any of the other major female violinists who have been recording for 20 years. Yet all of them have recorded modern works and some of them have recorded more modern works than Hilary Hahn.
What am I missing here? I just don't get this.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
gets those opening Chords better than most, actually in tune!
And furthermore, I even agree with the points you raise in your post! ;-)
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"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
She's not competing with the gurgling torrent of babe violinists, or for that matter, creating a new sensation with stud muffin conductors.
Or too much modern music in her repertoire?
dh
You have to concede, Chris is pretty consistent in his tastes. I've had my debates with him on his anti-modernism and pro-babism, but face it, we aren't going to change his mind.
The anti-modernism really chafes me though, consistent or not. Some folks truly seem shocked that anyone could genuinely enjoy a piece of atonal or serialized music, or anything that doesn't adhere to the great sylistic strait-jackets of the past. I wouldn't call Hilary a champion of atonality, but she is definitely a champion of modern music. I like her in the warhorses too though, she played the hell out of the Tchaikovsky here a few years back. What's the problem?
dh
Hilary Hahn is not of the traditional romantic school, though of course she can "play the hell" out of anything, as you say. (And she is an intelligent musician, not just a technical whiz.) In some ways, Chris is more of a conservative traditionalist than you or I, that's all. I also find the anti-modernist idea rather ridiculous, since modernism is now over a century old and has long since had a profound and pervasive impact on Western culture.
But hey, de gustibus and all that.
Not everyone gets it. But some of us have gotten that from the get go. Keep holding the mirror up. The reactions never stop being funny
But when you respond to every post, some of them must be getting through to you.
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