Oh, yes. Mahler's music is vulgar, Strauss' witty, Janacek's trash, Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta was a pot boiler, and Rafael Kubelic was a horrible conductor rightly run out of Chicago on a rail (just listen to those old Mercury recordings with the CSO). Thank you, Claudia Cassidy! That concert hall that now bears you name was once my favorite room of the old Chicago Public Library. For some reason, and I cannot quite say why, I prefer to remember as it once was.
Mahler, in all his irony, excess, decadence, humor, complexity and sheer power of overwhelming affect (somewhere between adoration and anxiety) will, I think, always speak to the young.
Yes, I loved Mahler's music when I was sixteen. Now that I'm thirty I see that his music is noisy and vulgar. But I'm still having a good time with Richard Strauss's witty music.
"Noisy and vulgar"? This is an anachronistic response to Mahler, one better suited to the late 19th century than the opening of the 21st. Mahler? Without wit? Surely, you are not innocent of the Rondo-finale of the fifth and seventh? Or the grotesque accordian music of the ninth? The counterpoint of the same? Or of the reflective nostalgia of the second? A joke is always "nois[e] and vulgar[ity]" before it is understood.
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There are a few nice (but not exactly brilliant) pieces by Mahler, such as the first three movements from the First Symphony and the second and third movement from the Second and I remember a few interesting songs but he's not a first class composer.
I was listening to Brahms's Second Piano Concerto and his Piano Pieces Op. 76 this afternoon: what a joy and musicality compared to this pompous rubbish. No wonder they've always adored Mahler in Amsterdam...
There's no winning over the unenlightened. That's often best left to the politicians, who frequently have hearing problems. Or listening problems, to be more accurate.
Since when do so many people dislike Mahler?
mahlermahlermahler1 2 years ago
Oh, yes. Mahler's music is vulgar, Strauss' witty, Janacek's trash, Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta was a pot boiler, and Rafael Kubelic was a horrible conductor rightly run out of Chicago on a rail (just listen to those old Mercury recordings with the CSO). Thank you, Claudia Cassidy! That concert hall that now bears you name was once my favorite room of the old Chicago Public Library. For some reason, and I cannot quite say why, I prefer to remember as it once was.
moosatious 2 years ago
On the contrary, I couldn't stand Mahler as a young and novice music lover. Now that I am mid-50, his music speaks to my heart.
yttrium55 3 years ago 2
Mahler, in all his irony, excess, decadence, humor, complexity and sheer power of overwhelming affect (somewhere between adoration and anxiety) will, I think, always speak to the young.
darkprose 3 years ago 4
Yes, I loved Mahler's music when I was sixteen. Now that I'm thirty I see that his music is noisy and vulgar. But I'm still having a good time with Richard Strauss's witty music.
videoclog 3 years ago
"Noisy and vulgar"? This is an anachronistic response to Mahler, one better suited to the late 19th century than the opening of the 21st. Mahler? Without wit? Surely, you are not innocent of the Rondo-finale of the fifth and seventh? Or the grotesque accordian music of the ninth? The counterpoint of the same? Or of the reflective nostalgia of the second? A joke is always "nois[e] and vulgar[ity]" before it is understood.
darkprose 3 years ago 4
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There are a few nice (but not exactly brilliant) pieces by Mahler, such as the first three movements from the First Symphony and the second and third movement from the Second and I remember a few interesting songs but he's not a first class composer.
I was listening to Brahms's Second Piano Concerto and his Piano Pieces Op. 76 this afternoon: what a joy and musicality compared to this pompous rubbish. No wonder they've always adored Mahler in Amsterdam...
videoclog 3 years ago
Video clog, you should unclog your ears. Besides, there are many clogs in Amsterdam.
grabit1 3 years ago 4
Well, videoclog is certainly entitled to his opinion, but fortunately he cannot substantiate it
RaoulShade 3 years ago 2
There's no winning over the unenlightened. That's often best left to the politicians, who frequently have hearing problems. Or listening problems, to be more accurate.
grabit1 3 years ago 2
Ditto.
grabit1 3 years ago 2
gay
twinky182 3 years ago
the most talented youth orchestra of the World
hernasax 3 years ago 2
Grand concert !
Bossuroy 4 years ago
Wow...when I compare what goes on with most youth here in America -- it makes me afraid that the scenario in the movie, "Idiocracy" will come true!
podiumman2 4 years ago
Sí, estoy de acuerdo. Tenemos un gran problema en reconstruir nuestro país, amigo.
--Yes, I agree. We have a great problem in reconstructing our country.
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TuboEspectador 3 years ago
Fantastic!This must be the GMJO in it's hey day...nice to see the guys from MCO doing their thing 13 years ago!
triathleteman 4 years ago 2
Wow! THese kids are amazing!
eddie090909 4 years ago 2