tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post573502140027520397..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: 2013 - the year brilliance supplanted wisdomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-27588029816490867522014-01-01T07:03:44.041+00:002014-01-01T07:03:44.041+00:00"And I think you are reading way, way too muc..."And I think you are reading way, way too much into that headline!"<br /><br />So try another headline for size - <br /><br />'Louisville Orchestra names wunderkind as music director'<br /><br />http://cincinnati.com/blogs/arts/2013/10/28/louisville-orchestra-names-wunderkind-as-next-music-director/Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-60405267995635154222014-01-01T00:04:52.051+00:002014-01-01T00:04:52.051+00:00Gosh. Well, you certainly managed to give the impr...Gosh. Well, you certainly managed to give the impression that you were judging him by his age. And I think you are reading way, way too much into that headline!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-83456371404879010532013-12-31T21:26:13.502+00:002013-12-31T21:26:13.502+00:00Lisa, I don't think we disagree on this. I can...Lisa, I don't think we disagree on this. I cannot agree more that "Of all the yardsticks used to judge a musician, ages strikes me as much less useful than ability". And that is why I wrote the post; because I believe that too often today musicians are being judged, first and foremost, on their age. <br /><br />No, I have not heard Teddy Abrams conduct/play. But neither did I "call him out", nor did I judge - positively or negatively - his abilities, which I am sure are considerable.<br /><br />Neither in fact did I name him in the text of either post. This was because my posts are not aimed at him personally, but rather at the trend to focus on his youth and that of his media celebrated peers.<br /><br />Evidence of this is the headline of the article I link to. This does not read:<br /><br />"Louisville Orchestra's New Music Director is conducting, clarinet and piano virtuoso Teddy Abrams" <br /><br />It reads:<br /><br />"Louisville Orchestra's New Music Director is 26-Year-Old Conductor Teddy Abrams"Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-62619345665943416962013-12-31T17:57:37.907+00:002013-12-31T17:57:37.907+00:00I'm curious - this is the second time you'...I'm curious - this is the second time you've called out Teddy Abrams for his age (26). Have you heard him conduct, play the clarinet, or play the piano? <br /><br />Experienced middle-age professional musicians I know regard his musical abilities with awe. I have heard him on the clarinet and he is a terrific musician.<br /><br />I will mention that one program I attended in 2007 that lingers in memory was conducted by the then-21-year-old Lionel Bringuier.<br /><br />Of all the yardsticks used to judge a musician, ages strikes me as much less useful than ability.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-66499037353989794762013-12-31T09:46:50.544+00:002013-12-31T09:46:50.544+00:00In 2013 books provided me with copious amounts of ...In 2013 books provided me with copious amounts of both pleasure and wisdom. Just two of the highlights were <i>The Three Dangerous Magi</i> by PT Mistlberger - which provides the quote in this post - and <i>Tales of Wonder</i> by Huston Smith.<br /><br />http://www.ptmistlberger.com/the-three-dangerous-magi.php<br /><br />http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Tales-Wonder-Huston-Smith/Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-40685040576091191992013-12-31T09:27:15.611+00:002013-12-31T09:27:15.611+00:00Billoo, thanks for that.
If you are logged into y...Billoo, thanks for that.<br /><br />If you are logged into your Blogger account you should not, in theory, be asked to prove you are not a robot. But I suspect the Blogger security protocol was written by brilliant rather than wise techies... Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-12744887539323012792013-12-31T09:19:30.776+00:002013-12-31T09:19:30.776+00:00Brilliant lines, pli!
Salams,
b.
(incidentally,...Brilliant lines, pli!<br /><br />Salams,<br /><br />b.<br /><br />(incidentally, it's becoming trickier and trickier proving I'm not a robot!)billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-35452923446426809772013-12-31T09:02:47.935+00:002013-12-31T09:02:47.935+00:00Re. the New Year's Honours. In my own mind I a...Re. the New Year's Honours. In my own mind I am pretty sure where Peter Maxwell Davies sits on the continuum between brilliance and wisdom. But I am still not sure about Simon Rattle.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com