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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: RE: I've been reading Hogwood's biography of Handel recently posted by PAR on February 18, 2017 at 06:17:28:
If HIPsters really believed in HIP, they wouldn't put up with the compromises we've discussed. Unfortunately, HIP has grown so powerful that it has acquired its own inertia (at least as far as the instrumental playing goes) and I'm sure that some conductors continue its stylistic mannerisms without thinking about it too much. In any case, it's obvious that they don't really care to enforce HIP tenets on other aspects of the production. Maybe you're right that these are just a compromises, but I still prefer to think that it's hypocrisy. ;-)
BTW, speaking of Ileana Cotrubas (and I did notice that Malgoire recording of Rinaldo), I once accompanied her teacher, Vera Rozsa, in concert when she came out to Northern California in the 70's. She was around 60 at that time and was still singing/performing herself (and very well too!) during the time she was teaching Cotrubas. Unfortunately for me, during one of our rehearsals in SF, I had parked my car in a limited-time-zone space, and the rehearsal went a bit longer than I'd expected. I came out to find that my car had been towed away. Not only did I have to pay the parking ticket but I had to get a ride to the impound lot where I had to pay the towing fee and the impound fee. Needless to say, I didn't make very much money on that concert - in fact, I may have had a net loss! Talk about the school of hard knocks! ;-)
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- I think you're too kind! - Chris from Lafayette 09:27:40 02/18/17 (2)
- RE: I think you're too kind! - PAR 15:31:17 02/18/17 (0)
- I can only think of one thing that might bring you to your senses... - Ivan303 14:12:40 02/18/17 (0)
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