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In the Thread: Aimez-vous Bartók?

Post Subject: Something vs. anything.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 8/10/2009

I know some people who do not get Brahms. I am not one of them; even I am not a huge fun of his First Symphony. As any composer he has more and less interesting works, much more interesting in my view. In contrary with all my respect to Béla Bartók I am not a big admirer of his Concert for Orchestra. It is not that I do not like the work but I feel it is a bit too light for me and “about nothing”.

The Bartók's Concert for Orchestra is smart and effective, it is impressive and made to be impactful but I have a feeling when I listen it that it synthesized juts for sake of itself. I feel music is not some kind of medium that is composed and performed just for benefits of self-consumption. In fact in many case it does but I am not have a lot of interest in this music.

I would admit that if to fish deep some kind good-rendered symphonic expressionism of nothingness then it is possible to dig “something” but I personally prefer that “something of higher degree” would be initially imbedded with sufficient amplitude in the music to begin with.

Rgs Romy the Cat

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