Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Britten's musical mind map

Thanks John, I think the moral of that story is th...

2006-08-23T18:08:00.000+01:00

Thanks John, I think the moral of that story is that if you put information on the internet people believe it!

Wait...are you saying that there's stuff on the Internets that isnt't true? [whole world falls apart]

:-)

That's potentially good news Pliable about a possible future DVD release. I'd love to see a DVD with all three Church Parables on it.

Thanks John, I think the moral of that story is th...

2006-08-23T12:18:00.000+01:00

Thanks John, I think the moral of that story is that if you put information on the internet people believe it!

I'll do an edit asap.

I think you've gotten some of your facts muddled a...

2006-08-23T12:06:00.000+01:00

I think you've gotten some of your facts muddled as a result of the general availability of incorrect information about myself batting around the internet. First, I was never actually the Milky Bar Kid. This was a joke included in a gag biog used by the King's Choral Scholars' a cappella outfit, Coll Reg, to take the piss out of my American citizenship and my rather red cheeks. Second, I was a tenor Choral Scholar as King's, not the Organ Scholar as you suggest. Although it would be rather impressive if I had been the Organ Scholar - singing Organ Scholars are lamentably rare indeed!

Thank you for your thoughtful review of Mahogany's CURLEW RIVER. We're all very pleased that the show has received such a warm reception.

all best,
John McMunn (the Madwoman)

Henry, there was a video camera filming at Blythbu...

2006-08-22T22:29:00.000+01:00

Henry, there was a video camera filming at Blythburgh. I've asked Frederic Wake-Walker if this video was for the use of the company or whether it will be generally available.

I'll let you know the outcome.

When oh when is ENO going to revive The Mask of Or...

2006-08-22T21:54:00.000+01:00

When oh when is ENO going to revive The Mask of Orpheus? If I won the lottery.......

a choreographed production of Schoenberg's Von Heute auf Morgan

What on earth is a "choreographed production"? It's hard to credit, but VHaM is a comedy and should be paired with Die Gluckliche Hand and the great Ewartung (the whole evening would be less than 1 1/2 hours of music).

Pliable, was the Curlew River filmed by chance?

I also would have loved to have seen this producti...

2006-08-21T22:59:00.000+01:00

I also would have loved to have seen this production. The top photo of the new production reminds me a bit of the masks used in 1986 London premiere of Birtwistle and Zinovieff's Mask of Orpheus. I believe that British designer Alison Chitty may then have been involved in the mask-making, but I am not positive.

Very nice write-up about one of my favorite pieces...

2006-08-21T21:26:00.000+01:00

Very nice write-up about one of my favorite pieces of music, and I envy you the production. I've yet to see and hear it done well live so I guess I'll just have to produce it myself eventually.