Cobol - Re: OT: Ridin' tall on the Santiago Canyon Road (was Re: What could J4 (or WG4) do)

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Re: OT: Ridin' tall on the Santiago Canyon Road (was Re: What could J4 (or WG4) do)

Chuck Stevens

2006-06-05, 6:55 pm

"Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Glass wrote the music to Koyaanisqatsi. Don't know about the film but
> the music is very uplifting.

How can music be uplifting if it doesn't *do* anything? ;-)

> (BTW, try to avoid Bluebeard's Castle by
> Bartok).

Well, if you know going in that there are basically only two singers in it,
and that it's intended for minimalist staging, it's a pretty neat piece. I
do agree it'd be pretty deadly on TV, but I think it's got something to
offer seen live. Here's a case, too, where hearing it in the original
language is an important part of the experience, as is the spoken prologue
(rarely done any more). More listenable than most Alban Berg, anyway.

-Chuck Stevens

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