Who knew Shostakovich could be such fun?
mainIt’s those naughty melodica men, again.
He is already music director of the Metropolitan…
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Brilliant……..certainly made me smile. Wait now for Mr Borstlap to complain it is “an abuse of the western musical tradition.”
Don’t worry, we locked him up in the library.
Sally
I imagine the more time spent in a Russian gulag the more ‘fun’ Shostakovich would prove to be!!!
Long live ALL yurodivies of and on this planet!
This quintessentially “socialistically realistic” piece, albeit well-crafted, fits their sound much better than really good music such as for example La Sacre which they attempted earlier with disastrous results.
or even Le Sacre…..
To be exact – Le sacre… even more so!
Speaking of abusing western tradition, this is kind of fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1hpRwha0qs
We hear loud banging on the library door but we don’t give-in.
Sally
Threaten him with 3 hours of non stop Boulez, that will keep the old bugger quiet!
And HPSCHD by John Cage
Sally,
Won’t you please reconsider?
We can hear that banging all the way in Boston.
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Put that banging into the score and the crowd will cry “AUTHOR, AUTHOR”.
Absolutely brilliant!