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- Aw, no "Jurassic Park"? Maybe later?
- Ah! New Year's Eve breakfast with Beethoven's "Pastorale" symphony at #16 on the countdown. Such a spiritually uplifting work, well played by Gardiner and the ORR crew.
- Great to hear Sib5 at no. 23. Nothing like a splash of Nordic ice-water to help clear the mind after all that mittel European romanticism. Sib5 was my #3 choice, and although I have and like the Rattle/Birmingham version you played, I prefer the Segerstam/Helsinki and the Vanska/Lahti performances. I suppose the final 20 will be Beethoven-rich -- so much to enjoy on WQXR.
- @SOUSABOY ''I'm singing in the rain''.....''just singing in the rain''....
Good point. In movies great music has accompanied acts of extreme depravity and violence as well as noble deeds (if we remember the source of the quote above). Maybe some people are/were offended by the use of music by Elgar, Rossini and, of course, Beethoven in Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange". Who knows?
As for the huffing and puffing ("cinematic treason") from the Huffington Post, my sides are aching ... Must have been a slow week.
