tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post1814763923825494576..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: On an Overgrown PathNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-16787999691493654002019-06-24T22:26:13.567+01:002019-06-24T22:26:13.567+01:00Thanks, Mm – and in my experience it only gets bet...Thanks, Mm – and in my experience it only gets better with repeated listening. Same goes for the quartets too...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-65052108248825061432019-06-24T21:58:11.335+01:002019-06-24T21:58:11.335+01:00Yes Nige, surely one of the great masterpieces of ...Yes Nige, surely one of the great masterpieces of 20th Century piano music, seemingly simple, often folk-like, but shot through with pathos, regret, and a deep, burning sadness. Once heard, never forgotten.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-44254430828083984492019-06-24T19:57:47.399+01:002019-06-24T19:57:47.399+01:00Thanks. I shall look forward to listening to them ...Thanks. I shall look forward to listening to them on my French classical streaming service, Qobuz. Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-78327787874272673232019-06-24T10:08:44.552+01:002019-06-24T10:08:44.552+01:00Yes, Janacek's piano suite of that name – Book...Yes, Janacek's piano suite of that name – Book I has some of the most beautiful piano music of the 20th century, IMHO. And if you don't know the string quartets – well, you're in for a treat...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53977455939161737602019-06-24T06:46:44.690+01:002019-06-24T06:46:44.690+01:00Janacek? Can't say I knew that one. My experie...Janacek? Can't say I knew that one. My experience of him is limited to a WNO production of Kata Kabanova in Southampton a couple of years back. Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-30074420581183926062019-06-23T21:11:07.577+01:002019-06-23T21:11:07.577+01:00Spot on, Guy – tho I managed to hold back the tear...Spot on, Guy – tho I managed to hold back the tears...<br />Hope you get the reference in the title too?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-11484603082148960582019-06-23T17:04:32.742+01:002019-06-23T17:04:32.742+01:00Ah! Think I picked up the reference there!
'....Ah! Think I picked up the reference there!<br /><br />'...the self-same song that found a path<br />Through the sad heart of Nige, when, sick for home,<br />He stood in tears amid the alien rape....'<br /><br />I like that.Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com