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July 20, 2010, 12:02 PM posted by Maria Choban I am hot and heavy into Milhaud's Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano. I think I've actually managed to woodshed 5 measures, one per day. Milhaud in this piece is polytonal, polystylistic (even snippets of 12 tone for just 2 measures), visionary (quotes the band Tool way before Tool existed), and extremely sad with one burst of homicidal anger in the 3rd movement - the ENTIRE movement. Sad in a universal sense. Sad because humankind has let him down (onset of the first World War). 2 summers ago I got a bug up my butt to woodshed the 3rd movement of Beethoven's Waldstein, my favorite depiction of a heroin nod. And it kicked my butt. But I did that just for me and I had the option of bowing out when it got too intense (and I did). The Milhaud will actually be performed next May. I am in close embrace Argentine Tango with it for the next 9 months, gestating death and finality. Last time Milhaud and I did this dance he nearly crippled me. Milhaud suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis and spent a good deal of his adult years in a wheel chair because of the pain. I contracted whatever he had for the duration of our relationship and thankfully recovered quickly (the day after the performances - my back and bones felt brand-old again). It's hard for me to maintain my correspondences with friends when I'm this deeply involved with a piece/composer. I retain the light correspondences and conveniently forget to answer the ones with depth, the ones that vie for my inner attention, something I can now only give to Milhaud's Sonata. Posted By D. Reuben on July 23, 2010, 12:14 PM wow, i cannot wait to see the performance. such a good idea though focusing on one mesure a day. that's what i'm doing with ligeti. such a good approach. yeah, milhaud had it rough for realz... loves! Posted By Maria on July 24, 2010, 02:02 PM I appreciate you thinking it's a good idea that I take one measure a day, DR, but honestly, this piece kicks my butt! I can do little more than one measure each day. Ligeti is sooooo cool! loves back! :-) |
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