Comments on: orchestral sandwich construction http://www.nobleviola.com/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/ Life on the working end of the viola. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: triumvirmusic http://www.nobleviola.com/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/comment-page-1/#comment-5118 triumvirmusic Tue, 08 May 2007 01:00:04 +0000 http://www.nobleviola.com/wordpress/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/#comment-5118 "Come on, Myrtle! We gotta hurry up and go hear that Midori. What the. . . ? She's playing the WHAT concerto??? Well, she had better play some freakin' Kreisler for an encore, or we're outta here!!" “Come on, Myrtle! We gotta hurry up and go hear that Midori. What the. . . ? She’s playing the WHAT concerto??? Well, she had better play some freakin’ Kreisler for an encore, or we’re outta here!!”

]]> By: Charles Noble http://www.nobleviola.com/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/comment-page-1/#comment-5104 Charles Noble Mon, 07 May 2007 00:45:57 +0000 http://www.nobleviola.com/wordpress/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/#comment-5104 "the calzone" - awesome! the classic of this genre would be the "chef's choice", where the soloist is announced in the season brochure, but with "piece tba" - thus springing the unsuspecting public with some scary new music abomination (in the viewpoint of the audience, that is). “the calzone” – awesome! the classic of this genre would be the “chef’s choice”, where the soloist is announced in the season brochure, but with “piece tba” – thus springing the unsuspecting public with some scary new music abomination (in the viewpoint of the audience, that is).

]]> By: triumvirmusic http://www.nobleviola.com/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/comment-page-1/#comment-5099 triumvirmusic Sun, 06 May 2007 15:03:26 +0000 http://www.nobleviola.com/wordpress/2007/05/05/orchestral-sandwich-construction/#comment-5099 This is great!! I've never heard the expression applied to a new piece before. I attended a classic s.s. last night: "Sorcerer's Apprentice;" new work; Prokofiev 5. As a composer, I identify with this all too well - it's a shame we can't figure this whole thing out. Aren't we beyond this yet? Most new pieces are audience-friendly anymore these days, so why all the avoidance? There's one more type of construction of the sandwich thats bears mentioning: "the calzone." This is the new conerto that was written for the big-time soloist, like Josh Bell. Sort of a stuffed crust. This is a REAL dilemma. You paid to see Josh Bell, but you sure as hell don't wanna hear anything new. What to do???? This is great!! I’ve never heard the expression applied to a new piece before. I attended a classic s.s. last night: “Sorcerer’s Apprentice;” new work; Prokofiev 5. As a composer, I identify with this all too well – it’s a shame we can’t figure this whole thing out. Aren’t we beyond this yet? Most new pieces are audience-friendly anymore these days, so why all the avoidance?

There’s one more type of construction of the sandwich thats bears mentioning: “the calzone.” This is the new conerto that was written for the big-time soloist, like Josh Bell. Sort of a stuffed crust. This is a REAL dilemma. You paid to see Josh Bell, but you sure as hell don’t wanna hear anything new. What to do????

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