Oxymoron

Dec. 28th, 2007 12:51 pm
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Richard Kniseley just announced (on his "Classical Performances" program on WGBH) that he was about to play something from a disc titled "The Essential Delius". "Wait a minute," said I, "isn't that title a contradiction in terms?"

Date: 2007-12-28 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madknits.livejournal.com
I adore Richard. He can do no wrong, as far as I'm concerned.

Date: 2007-12-28 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rsc.livejournal.com
I also adore Richard, but I wouldn't agree that he can do no wrong. I might even claim that "doing no wrong" and "playing Delius" are incompatible concepts.

Date: 2007-12-28 06:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madknits.livejournal.com
Well, I wouldn't know Delius if he bit me on the ass.

I'm mired someplace around Palestrina and Byrd.

Date: 2007-12-28 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pinkfish.livejournal.com
But presumably, you would get to know him soon afterwards.

Date: 2007-12-28 06:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madknits.livejournal.com
I should hope so. Anonymous sexual encounters are so 80s, don't you think?

Date: 2007-12-28 06:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pinkfish.livejournal.com
I dunno - I did most of mine in the 90s, but I am always a bit behind the times.

Date: 2007-12-28 06:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madknits.livejournal.com
I've actually never done it.
I was making up the dates.

Date: 2007-12-28 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pinkfish.livejournal.com
ZOMG! You've got a lot of catching up to do. Get started, honey!

Date: 2007-12-28 07:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madknits.livejournal.com
I'm having a fat day. I don't think it will be happening for a while, if at all.

Date: 2007-12-28 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spwebdesign.livejournal.com
Bingo! Sort of like "The Dispensable Mozart" or "The Unpretentious Busoni"!

Date: 2007-12-29 01:18 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com
Hey, regardless of what you think of Delius, if it captures his essence as a composer the title's accurate.
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