Comments on: Rub-a-dub In the Tub

By: Dylan Edwards

Dylan Edwards — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:29:40 +0000

I was certainly not expecting to see this photo. Not only are the best in the same picture… they’re also in a bathtub.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:47:06 +0000

Re: Adams and melodies…so much of the time, his music is layered, so there is no way to concentrate the musical focus on one musical line. One exception to consider: the first and third movements of “Gnarly Buttons,” the clarinet concerto. The nature of the clarinet as a single-line instrument may have drawn Adams to focus more on melody. The first movement is austere in tone, but is all about the development of a single melodic line. It doesn’t create the romantic swell of Tchaikovsky “Romeo and Juliet” but is intriguing and compelling for its development and inventiveness. The third movement, depicting his father’s end of life struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, is a sentimental, expressive melody. Like the first movement of “Naive and Sentimental Music,” the melody and chords seem to lose track of one another, but this is the beauty of it. These pieces depict a sense of wandering travel, with a mixture of hope and doubt. In these cases, the beauty still depends on the layering, but is effective, and whether or not the melody is beautiful unto itself, I don’t know, but the melody/chord combination is.
Anthony Taylor

By: Avguste Antonov

Avguste Antonov — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:39:41 +0000

Hey John
This is Avguste, Carter’s friend.
I was involved in the recording of Redline Tango.You may remember me.LOL
Anyway,I am happy for the great concert at KU and LSU.Great Pics,LOL.How was Old Chicago?The beer is still that good?LOL
And I am sure you probably met my ex girlfriend at LSU(Janelle Ott).She is a bassoon player.
My email address is lovechiefs@goowy.com
Lets keep in touch
Best wishes
Avguste

By: nobleviola

nobleviola — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:24:05 +0000

I agree w/ FOSCO, no great tune writing, but what I find amazing is that I don’t miss the tunes – there’s so much interesting stuff going on. I’m dying to perform Näive and Sentimental as well as Harmonielehre – both monumental pieces deserving more performances (but very difficult). BTW – my friend Karen Wagner was playing principal oboe at Cabrillo for the Harmonielehre.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:33:44 +0000

Hoo… what composer changed the way I thought about music? I’m going to have to go with Stravinsky, and if I have to pick one piece, I’d say Rite of Spring — so many amazing colors, and it’s just so visceral, so edgy and in-your-face… at the age when I discovered it, it contained enough contemporary power and violence (without collapsing into indecipherable noise) to really appeal to me. I still discover all kinds of things in that score. I also admire how he continued to evolve as a composer, and try new styles… I could go on and on and on…