tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post8060622630022985038..comments2022-11-06T06:41:30.462-05:00Comments on Prufrock's Dilemma: Crossing a Bridge of DreamsSusan Scheidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-29635332669196113192012-05-29T11:48:06.181-04:002012-05-29T11:48:06.181-04:00Thanks for the tip-off, which demonstrates, once a...Thanks for the tip-off, which demonstrates, once again, that clapping is a universal language!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-29224873545667005512012-05-28T23:11:39.618-04:002012-05-28T23:11:39.618-04:00I found the clapping song I was looking for. It...I found the clapping song I was looking for. It's the Pine Leaf Boys doing an old one called <a href="http://www.kazaa.com/#!/The-Pine-Leaf-Boys/Blues-De-Musicien" rel="nofollow">"Quand Rita Est Arrivé"</a>. The link is only a snippet, but you might even find it on Spotify.<br /><br />I heard them do it at Whiskey River in Henderson, and it electrified the crowd so much they shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-19933055965897445912012-05-28T14:46:56.313-04:002012-05-28T14:46:56.313-04:00shoreacres: Well, of course I had to go right bac...shoreacres: Well, of course I had to go right back to your blog to see if I could find The Deer Cry exchange (which must have been in my subconsciousness, for I can’t claim a good enough memory to have recalled it outright), and what a nice trip down the memory lane of your posts that was! First, The Saining of Speech, and The Deer’s Cry video in your response to my comments, then the post on Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-40477009461929419562012-05-28T13:39:39.413-04:002012-05-28T13:39:39.413-04:00I'm astonished by the ability of so many to li...I'm astonished by the ability of so many to listen and read at once - I simply can't do it. Either I don't know what I've read at the end, or the music passes me by. <br /><br />I did take the time to notice and listen to Arvo Pärt's <i>The Deer's Cry</i>. If you remembered that was one of my favorites from a little exchange some weeks ago, bless you! If you didn't, shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-4526047237204635622012-05-23T14:29:18.964-04:002012-05-23T14:29:18.964-04:00Glissando -- thank you for that!Glissando -- thank you for that!Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-11089714673018556142012-05-22T17:25:24.198-04:002012-05-22T17:25:24.198-04:00Rubye Jack: Yes, Wales is a sort of musical heave...Rubye Jack: Yes, Wales is a sort of musical heaven, particularly of the choral variety! I’m delighted I was able to convey something of this experience—it was far too rich to keep it to myself.<br /><br />Mark: Ars Nova Copenhagen is definitely an ensemble to watch for. “Most Holy Mother of God” is indeed sublime, and I was delighted to find a good example on the web. I believe you’re right,Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-32858153865143041692012-05-22T17:24:50.641-04:002012-05-22T17:24:50.641-04:00Suze: “That keen,” by which I think you mean the ...Suze: “That keen,” by which I think you mean the voices gliding downward and fading away (a glissando, I’ve been told), struck me particularly in listening to this piece. I thought it terrific that you jumped in to respond in “real time.” And you came up with such gorgeous, particular words—“braided vortices, white and ivory,” for example—to describe what you were hearing. What could be Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-1233294746454317152012-05-22T13:08:47.747-04:002012-05-22T13:08:47.747-04:00Dearest Sue,
I am so glad that your voyage to Wal...Dearest Sue, <br />I am so glad that your voyage to Wales was such a success! "I floated out into the night, (...), crossing my own bridge of dreams." - that is the utmost we can wish for. I will listen to the music when I have unpacked (at the moment more in the 'purple haze' than in the fresh English countryside). I am really looking foreward to that (SEE? See? I do it again: Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-48897787401064567442012-05-21T22:06:52.241-04:002012-05-21T22:06:52.241-04:00There is so much beauty here Susan - taking the jo...There is so much beauty here Susan - taking the journey alongside you, hearing the programme with you, reflecting on the works beside you - that I keep delaying my comments until I have listened to all the works. <br /><br />I was really touched by so much - of course the haunting Boyd work (and to think we had peeked into her persona a little already), the Arvo Part and especially Most Holy wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-52753411009120324982012-05-20T03:56:13.662-04:002012-05-20T03:56:13.662-04:00Hi Susan .. what a wonderful post and photos to ev...Hi Susan .. what a wonderful post and photos to evoke the moment. Your words and everyone's comments give us more - I'd love to be more musical and understand - I can continue on learning. I do wonder if my cousin was there in the audience - as he lives in Penarth .. I must ask.<br /><br />Love the vignette of the taxi driver - did you by chance give him your blog address?<br /><br />Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-6464992696021341492012-05-19T20:59:01.790-04:002012-05-19T20:59:01.790-04:00I'm with Scott. I love how you bookended the p...I'm with Scott. I love how you bookended the post with portrait sketches of the taxi driver. I really wanted to hear 'Three Stages' - your description of it is irresistible. Really wanted to hear that voice version of Reich too. Lucky you!<br /><br />Naturally I went to the Arvo Part videos first. 'Most Holy Mother of God' is a sublime composition, the Hilliard Ensemble is Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-74616351177257787402012-05-18T13:54:35.813-04:002012-05-18T13:54:35.813-04:00What a great place for you to be--Wales, as well a...What a great place for you to be--Wales, as well as in musical heaven. This is such a great post. You are so much in your element when you're describing these great performances Susan, and I love reading about them. I hope the remainder of your stay is just as exciting.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-48839617419086498692012-05-18T13:36:47.892-04:002012-05-18T13:36:47.892-04:00How very misguided of me not to have joined you. I...How very misguided of me not to have joined you. If this is just the first evening, how did you manage to survive all of them intact?<br /><br />Every word of your post breathes the joy you experienced. I am so envious. <br /><br />The piece you featured is gorgeous, lush and melodious, not a bit like the 'new music' I fear to be exposed to.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-82032066516534738392012-05-18T09:25:50.199-04:002012-05-18T09:25:50.199-04:00I too am listening to "Bridge of Dreams"...I too am listening to "Bridge of Dreams". As I've come to really appreciate, your enthusiasm gushes from this post. It certainly has become quite contagious.<br /><br />The Japanese influence on the music is interesting. The sho and gagaku, how cool. Although a heavenly or holy sound, I didn't feel intimidated or guilty. More like listening to a song or a journey.<br /><br />ForScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096402329953310721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-21406158717008733672012-05-18T06:53:57.051-04:002012-05-18T06:53:57.051-04:00'A village homecoming' with great artists:...'A village homecoming' with great artists: isn't that the dream of every regional festival? What a marvellous programme. You have brought it all to life as usual.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-53529565995645715552012-05-18T03:24:08.064-04:002012-05-18T03:24:08.064-04:00Hello Susan:
We too have 'floated', not in...Hello Susan:<br />We too have 'floated', not into the night, but into the morning with this absolutely wonderful and totally magical post which transports us to Penarth and what, surely, must have been, an unforgettable evening. And how, through your rich prose and images, you bring it all to us so that it becomes a near reality for all of your readers.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-80479985342772908442012-05-17T22:56:28.943-04:002012-05-17T22:56:28.943-04:00The silence after the piece has ended hurts.The silence after the piece has ended hurts.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-48782230616623630942012-05-17T22:54:53.559-04:002012-05-17T22:54:53.559-04:00Sirens. Of more than one kind, surely!
Pain, like...Sirens. Of more than one kind, surely!<br /><br />Pain, like a wounded animal, but necessary.<br /><br />Braided vortices, white and ivory. Foundations receding. <br /><br />At last, tears.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698728871635545011.post-81268322693020015762012-05-17T22:52:08.305-04:002012-05-17T22:52:08.305-04:00I am only three minutes into Boyd's, 'As I...I am only three minutes into Boyd's, 'As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams,' listened to while I read your post and, now, am commenting.<br /><br />I have felt on the verge of tears the entire time. The emotions from the brain in my stomach that this piece and your words have elicited/are eliciting are new to me. I can't quite put a name to them, just yet, and feel a little silly at Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.com