Comments on: Modern Day Varèse

By: DJA

DJA — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:07:53 +0000

Mine’s up now too. And at the bottom, I link to some of the other blogosphere reviews.

By: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Barry's Imaginary Publisher — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:06:00 +0000

New York Times has a review of the Zappa concert at the Miller theater (as mentioned above by Rick Wood).

By: jim

jim — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:47:36 +0000

Who says February is the cruellest month?

Absurd as it may sound, this’s my first exposure 2 Ionisation of more than 20sec. duration … mmm, stochastic … & noisy … yup, I can see a certain smart-ass kid w/ a big nose now, drivin’ his Ma up the wall by cranking THAT up full-blast - a seminal moment in 20th Century Music.

By: beepee

beepee — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:31:39 +0000

Very nice write up (and I was there). Try googling the NY Times review wherein Varese is labeled as “wistfully dated” by the mental midget.

By: Paul Sempschi

Paul Sempschi — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:05:46 +0000

An orchestral King Kong? Curious.

By: DJA

DJA — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:42:38 +0000

I’ll be reviewing the Zappa composer portrait as well.

By: Al Stone

Al Stone — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:03:47 +0000

Sounds like it was an exciting event. I can relate to what he said about the way younger people relate to the rhythmic aspects of the music. I went to a Varese concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall several yars back which was aimed at secondary school children, and they really seemed to enjoy it.

By: Rick Wood

Rick Wood — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:29:31 +0000

Yes, and the next concert in the series is one of Zappa’s music. Is anyone going to this in NYC who can report? See:

http://www.millertheater.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1020