tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post7888616499873895529..comments2024-03-05T10:14:38.181+00:00Comments on CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Ecstatic Nagano Messiaen Transfiguration !Doundou Tchilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-78438314223310260632008-10-24T13:03:00.000+01:002008-10-24T13:03:00.000+01:00Alas they didn't ! Which is a real.,oss, becxause...Alas they didn't ! Which is a real.,oss, becxause most of the people invoilved knew what a significant occasion this memorial was, and were giving the performance of their lives ! There's only one centenary and by the next time one comes they won't be around. So they gave it all they could Aimard's Vingt Regaqrds in February was so intensel76y beautiful no one could breathe....It's nearly all over noe exceopt for 10th Decemeber when Boulez does two actuaol centenary and next day Elliott CArter's birthday. BUt as you say La transfiguration is an experience even with a less than good performance. Nagano searede it into my soul !Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-83099240028280212062008-10-23T20:30:00.000+01:002008-10-23T20:30:00.000+01:00Living in the cultural backwater that is Western C...Living in the cultural backwater that is Western Canada, I have been (mostly) unable to participate in the Messiaen 2008 festivities, although we did have Aimard through for the Preludes, and the local orchestra gave a fairly unremarkable (and largely unappreciated) reading of Oiseaux Exotiques in May. I also managed a trip to Montreal for the SMCQ's reading of Des Canyons aux Etoiles... -- again, only half sold out -- but I'm sure the performance didn't hold a candle to those in London. I so wanted to fly to London to hear La Transfiguration (my favorite piece), but I couldn't justify $3,000. Your post has me kicking myself that I didn't find a way to get there. I hope they recorded the performance, or better yet, captured it on videotape! I hope you realize just how lucky you are to live where you do!<BR/><BR/>Illuxerunt!Dave Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215148455441408382noreply@blogger.com