Day 289: Richard Strauss day
Day 289 — Richard Strauss day
17-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A day of Richard Strauss at the opera and in a student performance. Problems with the electronic studio equipment leads me to ponder the absence of problems with newly-emerging synthesizers.
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17-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A day of Richard Strauss at the opera and in a student performance. Problems with the electronic studio equipment leads me to ponder the absence of problems with newly-emerging synthesizers.
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Day 277: Note from Nadia Boulanger
Day 277 — Note from Nadia Boulanger
05-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A
wonderful note comes to me from Fontainebleau in
France. Nadia Boulanger has written me a handwritten
note. A treasure. Today’s post is one of the most
important to me, personally, in this entire year of
blogging.
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05-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 275: My Vienna songs
05/03/08 07:09 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 275 — My Vienna songs
03-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I talk a
little about the original songs that I wrote for
Anjali back in 1971–1972. Yes, they were corny and my
singing is very bad. I post the lyrics of my first
song, “One
Summer Day.”
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03-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 220: Too little, too much
03/09/08 07:53 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 220 — Too little, too much
09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
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09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
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Day 210: I’m playing Bruckner; Brothers
02/28/08 07:43 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 210 — I’m playing Bruckner; Brothers
28-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Not only
it is a good day but I am going to play Wagner tuba
in Bruckner’s Symphony
No. 8. Yes.
Check out some Bruckner links and a YouTube video. I
talk about brothers Steve and Frank.
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28-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
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Day 077: Barry's in town; Sight singing
Day 77 — Barry's in town; Sight singing
18-October-1971 (Mon.)
Wow! Surprises. First, being placed in the most difficult section of sight singing class, starting off with atonal sight singing. What’s next? Well, it’s a tremendous concert with world-renowned French hornist, Barry Tuckwell. After the concert, I’m speaking on a first-name basis with Barry.
In the U.S., I never get to meet anyone at concerts. In Vienna, I’m meeting everyone. It was magical.
Today’s a long post.
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18-October-1971 (Mon.)
Wow! Surprises. First, being placed in the most difficult section of sight singing class, starting off with atonal sight singing. What’s next? Well, it’s a tremendous concert with world-renowned French hornist, Barry Tuckwell. After the concert, I’m speaking on a first-name basis with Barry.
In the U.S., I never get to meet anyone at concerts. In Vienna, I’m meeting everyone. It was magical.
Today’s a long post.
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Day 076: Sunday walks and music
Day 76 — Sunday walks and music
17-October-1971 (Sun.)
It’s
Sunday—a Bruckner mass, a walk in the park, and a
great French horn performance by Hermann
Baumann—remember, I’m a horn player. A frustrated
horn player; though I haven’t been complaining
lately. 
Fall/winter is on the way.
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17-October-1971 (Sun.)
Fall/winter is on the way.
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Day 075: My trumpet's Baroque
Day 75 — My trumpet's Baroque
16-October-1971 (Sat.)
A quiet
day of practice, reading, and a chamber concert with
a Baroque trumpet.
Hey, that's not a trumpet. Why is it here? Just a short science lesson on the natural horn and the harmonic series.
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16-October-1971 (Sat.)
Hey, that's not a trumpet. Why is it here? Just a short science lesson on the natural horn and the harmonic series.
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Day 073: Two concerts, two decades, too good
Day 73 — Two concerts, two decades, too good
14-October-1971 (Thur.)
The title
says it all—two concerts, two decades, too good. 1971
features an incredible concert with the Romeros, a
family-style classical guitar ensemble, known for
their flamenco playing. The crowd goes wild! There
are five encores. John
is on stage with them! What? How
did that happen?
A wonderful 2007 operatic concert reintroduces me to some well-needed live music.
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14-October-1971 (Thur.)
A wonderful 2007 operatic concert reintroduces me to some well-needed live music.
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Day 065: William Tell, meet Bonanza
Day 65 — William Tell, meet Bonanza
06-October-1971 (Wed.)
Remember
my horn audition? Well, I blew it. I guess I was very
nervous. What will happen next? Will I get into
school? I’m not certain. I need some soul
soothing—Tchaikovsky and the Lone Ranger to the
rescue.
In 2007, I hit the Audio Engineering Show in NYC to walk down the aisles of Javits Center and look at all of the music and recording equipment that I can’t afford to buy. Well, I can buy a few things.
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06-October-1971 (Wed.)
In 2007, I hit the Audio Engineering Show in NYC to walk down the aisles of Javits Center and look at all of the music and recording equipment that I can’t afford to buy. Well, I can buy a few things.
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Day 062: A day of contrasts
10/03/07 10:24 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 62 — A day of contrasts
03-October-1971 (Sun.)
Today is a day of contrasts. First, the wonderful experience of seeing a performance of a Benjamin Britten mass with the Vienna Boys' Choir in a church setting, followed by reading about the Vietnam War in Time magazine.
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03-October-1971 (Sun.)
Today is a day of contrasts. First, the wonderful experience of seeing a performance of a Benjamin Britten mass with the Vienna Boys' Choir in a church setting, followed by reading about the Vietnam War in Time magazine.
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Day 057: Hot cold, Ying Yang
Day 57 — Hot cold, Ying Yang
28-September-1971 (Tues.)
Experiencing the opposites of life, a bad hair day turns into a good hair day. Hair aside, I find a room to live in for the remainder of the year. It’s a great day.
A double-bill of two light Italian operas, Cavalleria rusticano and Paglicacci at the Volksoper makes it even better.
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28-September-1971 (Tues.)
Experiencing the opposites of life, a bad hair day turns into a good hair day. Hair aside, I find a room to live in for the remainder of the year. It’s a great day.
A double-bill of two light Italian operas, Cavalleria rusticano and Paglicacci at the Volksoper makes it even better.
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Day 055: A Haydn Mass, Chicago II
Day 55 — A Haydn Mass, Chicago II
26-September-1971 (Sun.)
Music,
music, music.
Haydn, horn, Chicago Symphony.
I’m just living music in this town. My horn teacher gets me backstage. I hob-knob with fellow “hornists” (no such word—but you can do anything as a blogger). What a musical year.
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26-September-1971 (Sun.)
Haydn, horn, Chicago Symphony.
I’m just living music in this town. My horn teacher gets me backstage. I hob-knob with fellow “hornists” (no such word—but you can do anything as a blogger). What a musical year.
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Day 054: Incredible Two's
Day 54 — Incredible Two's
25-September-1971 (Sat.)
What a
day!
Two incredible:
• concerts
• conductors
• orchestras
• symphonies
• horn sections
The day was mostly two amazing concerts by two incredible, internationally renowned orchestras—the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony. From Dr. Karl Böhm to Sir Georg Solti, to Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, I was in heaven.
What a day!
What a city!
Vienna, the city of music.
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25-September-1971 (Sat.)
Two incredible:
• concerts
• conductors
• orchestras
• symphonies
• horn sections
The day was mostly two amazing concerts by two incredible, internationally renowned orchestras—the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony. From Dr. Karl Böhm to Sir Georg Solti, to Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, I was in heaven.
What a day!
What a city!
Vienna, the city of music.
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Day 052: Standing room only, La Bohème
Day 52 — Standing room only,
La Bohème
23-September-1971 (Thur.)
Standing
room only, please. That’s the ticket (10 schillings)
to seeing a lot of opera for us students. And what an
opera it is, “La
Bohème,” a Puccini
favorite.
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23-September-1971 (Thur.)
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Day 039: Der Freischutz—my first opera in Vienna
Day 39 — Der Freischutz—my first opera in Vienna
10-September-1971 (Fri.)
I'm in heaven.
I get to see my first opera in Vienna, Der Freischutz, performed at the Volksoper. I’m really enjoying the opera, the horn playing, and the musical life in Vienna.
Did you know that the Viennese had their own brand of “French Horn”—the Viennese horn?
Did you know that the early Vienna F-natural horn had no valves? Just like the "Ricola" alpen-horn guys on the commercial. Try playing a Mozart horn concerto on your Boomwhacker™.
[The Boomwhacker™ is a plastic tube, used in elementary music education, that you whirl around your head to create musical pitches. The tubes come in different sizes, each tube length produces a single note. I was making a funny. A joke. Ok, it's not funny. It's clever.]
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10-September-1971 (Fri.)
I'm in heaven.
I get to see my first opera in Vienna, Der Freischutz, performed at the Volksoper. I’m really enjoying the opera, the horn playing, and the musical life in Vienna.
Did you know that the Viennese had their own brand of “French Horn”—the Viennese horn?
Did you know that the early Vienna F-natural horn had no valves? Just like the "Ricola" alpen-horn guys on the commercial. Try playing a Mozart horn concerto on your Boomwhacker™.
[The Boomwhacker™ is a plastic tube, used in elementary music education, that you whirl around your head to create musical pitches. The tubes come in different sizes, each tube length produces a single note. I was making a funny. A joke. Ok, it's not funny. It's clever.]
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Day 014: My first concert—Washington State Choir
Day 14 — Day 014: My first concert—Washington State
Choir
16-August-1971 (Mon.)
• Uh, oh! I’m complaining about learning German again.
• Saw my first concert, a university choir from the United States. Yes!
• And a brief flashback to my student concert-going days at Lincoln Center.
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16-August-1971 (Mon.)
• Uh, oh! I’m complaining about learning German again.
• Saw my first concert, a university choir from the United States. Yes!
• And a brief flashback to my student concert-going days at Lincoln Center.
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