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In Reply to: RE: Yup - I'm surprised by all this love for Hilary posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 04, 2016 at 09:47:35
Or too much modern music in her repertoire?
dh
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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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