Ah yes! I nearly forgot ;-)fergus wrote:Good for you Darren....don't forget that small matter of a Masters!bombasticDarren wrote: I have actually got some extra contracted hours at work, so things are looking a fraction more buoyant financially (economies will still be made though...)
Thanks Matt. I brought my wife to a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fifth and Petrushka by the brilliant LSO led by Gergiev in Dublin a few years ago and what a concert! Veronica was ambivalent towards the Stravinsky but really liked the Tchaikovsky. I was in seventh heaven with Gergiev and the LSO performing Petrushka, when they had finished I would have loved to have sat through the periormance again and to forget the Fifth.ravel30 wrote:Haha,Seán wrote: Veronica, HATES Stravinsky, it really irritates her, she and doesn't get instrumental Bach either she finds it tiring after a short spell, however she really likes his sacred music. She LOVES Mahler's Symphones particularly his Third and Mozart's Piano Sonatas. Why am I telling you all this? Try it on the wife and your beautiful child too.
My wife and I laughed this morning when I read that. It is the same for her. In the first few months of our relationship we saw Petrushka in concert and she said that she did not like it. She thought that it was only Bing! Bang! Bing! I laugh at that story now but I remember that it got me thinking at the time :) .
My wife said that Veronica has great taste.
Matt.
Fingers crossed for you lad.bombasticDarren wrote:Ah yes! I nearly forgot ;-)fergus wrote:Good for you Darren....don't forget that small matter of a Masters!bombasticDarren wrote: I have actually got some extra contracted hours at work, so things are looking a fraction more buoyant financially (economies will still be made though...)
I still have to see if I have been accepted though...
I never tried Pulcinella but that is a very good idea. She likes catchy tunes and the first half of Pulcinella is full of them :)Seán wrote:Thanks Matt. I brought my wife to a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fifth and Petrushka by the brilliant LSO led by Gergiev in Dublin a few years ago and what a concert! Veronica was ambivalent towards the Stravinsky but really liked the Tchaikovsky. I was in seventh heaven with Gergiev and the LSO performing Petrushka, when they had finished I would have loved to have sat through the periormance again and to forget the Fifth.ravel30 wrote:Haha,Seán wrote: Veronica, HATES Stravinsky, it really irritates her, she and doesn't get instrumental Bach either she finds it tiring after a short spell, however she really likes his sacred music. She LOVES Mahler's Symphones particularly his Third and Mozart's Piano Sonatas. Why am I telling you all this? Try it on the wife and your beautiful child too.
My wife and I laughed this morning when I read that. It is the same for her. In the first few months of our relationship we saw Petrushka in concert and she said that she did not like it. She thought that it was only Bing! Bang! Bing! I laugh at that story now but I remember that it got me thinking at the time :) .
My wife said that Veronica has great taste.
Matt.
I wouldn't dare bring her to a performance of Le Sacre, she'd kill me, Petrushka and Pulcinella in very small doses -- or preferably not at all -- is enough for her.
Geez, you try brainwashing your wife, I wouldn't dare.fergus wrote:You guys could start a Wife Brainwashing thread!!!
Eh....no thanks!!!Seán wrote:Geez, you try brainwashing your wife, I wouldn't dare.
Matt, if you are in the market for more Prokofiev you might want to consider some of the following:ravel30 wrote:Of Prokofiev, I only have Romeo and Julliet, Cinderella, Symphony no. 1, Symphony no. 5, Violin Concerto 1 and 2, piano sonatas 1,3,4, Lieutenant Kijie Suite. I love all these works a lot and I always wanted to discover more from that composer. This set seems the perfect thing for me to get. At only 17.50 cdn dollars, it looks like a bargain !!!
Cheers,
Matt.
I have my eye on that set myself actually Matt.ravel30 wrote:Ordered today