This post is going to be short and sweet, and ever so slightly of topic. I want to send you over to Felsenmusick to read Daniels latest post on the wonders of Peter Greenaway

I Just want to add a few words of my own before I send you to somebody elses blog.

Peter Greenaway was really the first person to touch me with art. I am not sure if that would be the right wording, but I saw His very powerful movie The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover when I was about 20.  It was the first time I realize how far art could go and how encompassing and powerful it could be. the wholeness, or perfection of this movie, the fact that beauty and ugliness are in the end the same and the attention to every single minute detail was life changing for me.

I have seen all his movies, but have lost track of what he has been doing for years. Daniel pretty much reaquainted me with him, and for this I am grateful.

Anything that brings art and culture to the masses is a really good thing, I think.

Happily, I am not alone in this thought S.F. Opera simulcast sets ballpark record. Apparently, the SF Orchestra has been streaming its performances from the War Memorial Opera House to AT&T Park.

I think that is great ( I know that I have said that already, but culture for the masses is a must. I loved watching Shakespeare in Central Park, and listening to open air free concerts, and I know for a fact, that this opens up this seemingly exclusive market for a lot of people who wouldn’t other wise attend concerts like this.

Via Sandow

via Intermezzo

What more can I say! I am jealous - both of South Africa and of Renee Flemming

Speaking of Lakatos and his wonderful abilities, and how is is so perfect technically, its like the music just happens, flows out of him… and it is pretty much like that with all great musicians…. the technicalities of playing are so intertwined with there being that there is no need to even think about it anymore, just the music.

How much did you have to practice to reach that point, though?

Have you reached it?

Did it suddenly dawn on you?

Guanaco from Cellomania wrote an interesting post about forgeting the music on the way.

I don’t think that he is alone in this - I think it happens to many in all of the arts - the technicalities can take over on creativity, flair, interpretation and emotion,and the race to perfect technique can often become the main point.

In many disciplines - this might become a career path - You could become a model maker in stead of the designer, which is no less respectable, for example, but I don’t think there is any parallel to that in the music world. Either you become a musician or you become irrelevant
 photo courtesy of publicdomainarts

Lucky Jessica Duchen went to see Lakatos and co play with the London Symphony a couple of nights ago.

If I said I wasn’t quite jealous  I would be lying through my teeth, or in this case, through my fingers, so in order to console myself

I went to see him on Youtube: