The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (74): Only Lenny dared to say it

The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (74): Only Lenny dared to say it

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norman lebrecht

May 28, 2020

Most people have mixed feelings, verging on Stockholm Syndrome, towards a captor. Bernstein came out with it: I Hate Music.

I love this young stuff.

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  • Sue Sonata Form says:
    May 29, 2020 at 12:19 am

    Phew; for a minute there I thought you’d written Stockhausen Syndrome.

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  • Adam Stern says:
    May 29, 2020 at 1:40 am

    I’ve always had a soft spot for this early Bernstein work, set to his own texts (infinitely preferable, IMHO, to the cheesy and frequently embarrassing lyrics he wrote for the much later “Arias and Barcarolles”).

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  • Alvaro Gallegos says:
    May 29, 2020 at 2:45 am

    Fun and lovely piece. Just like “La bonne cuisine”, the other song-cycle by Lenny.

    We need more of this.

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  • Meyer's Beer says:
    May 29, 2020 at 2:56 am

    Well, many folks know this work in a version by another Barbra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8khVbNFbA0

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  • Charles Clark-Maxwell says:
    May 29, 2020 at 8:01 am

    Genius stuff. Shame he ended up wanting to write “The great American whatever..” and put all that energy into “A Quiet Place”

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  • Helene Kamioner says:
    May 29, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    I think Lenny wrote these for Jennie (Tourel) and here they are

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1o2qihBP-E&list=RDP1o2qihBP-E&index=1

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