Comments on: Last Night in L.A.: Four Pianos for Eastman

By: JW

JW — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:55:06 +0000

I would hardly call JW anonymous. It stands for John Williams. Happy to share! Thanks very much for the scores!

By: Sarah Cahill

Sarah Cahill — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:49:18 +0000

If you happen to be in Newcastle, England next month, you can hear Joe Kubera, who worked with Eastman, performing Evil Nigger as part of the Arika Festival. His concert is on May 11th.

By: Chris Becker

Chris Becker — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:42:56 +0000

Guilt? You’re the one who is posting anonymously, JW.

Come on down to one of my concerts and share your “terms” with my band sometime. What kind of reaction do you think you’ll get?

Good night.

By: JW

JW — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:33:29 +0000

Hey, I’m black, I can say that! At least it was the rule yesterday. Who knows, everyday is different. Plus, I’m going to hear Eastman’s piece. Lighten up, give the white guilt a rest! It’s the suppression of terms that gives them power.

By: david toub

david toub — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:23:29 +0000

With MJ's permission, I took her individual score images and put them together into separate PDFs. The scores are here.

By: Chris Becker

Chris Becker — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:44:07 +0000

JW’s comment is probably some misguided kid trying to be funny. I run into this sort of “humor” a lot actually as a white person and it never ceases to make my skin crawl. Unfortuantely, I’ve encountered a lot of racist language and humor in music conservatory settings – usually because the people making such statements think that because I’m a white I’ll somehow empathize with them.

At the risk of taking the bait, Jerry – can you remove JW’s comment? If no, I respect and understand that – this is your site. But then please keep my comment which is “JW – I hope you one day understand how offensive these sort of comments masquerading as humor can be.”

Peace.

By: JW

JW — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:30:55 +0000

What did you say? Crazy what? Somebody needs to get fired. Can you fire a blogger? Does CBS own Blogger? I hope so. I’m calling Johnny Cochran. Oh wait, he’s, unavailable. Al Sharpton, I’m calling Al Sharpton. That conk-headed nigga’s crazy, but i hear he’s a Downtown fan… Just for that I’m titling my next orchestral work The Explosion of Crackertoa, so there.

(anonymous, presently running from the p.c. po-po…)

By: david toub

david toub — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:23:39 +0000

MJ, I can put these into a set of PDFs for you once I get around to it. Thanks very much for your great efforts on behalf of JE’s music!

By: Alex Ross

Alex Ross — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:02:38 +0000

Yes, this was a great experience (you should have said hello, Jerry!) and I will write it up when I have the time — I’m dealing with one or two recent developments at the LA Phil. I confess I had a hard time getting to know Eastman’s music on the CDs because I couldn’t differentiate the various sonorities. Here it was wonderfully spatial and the resonances were often breathtaking. And the ending, with the auxiliary pianists rising from their seats one by one, was incredibly dramatic. Peter Sellars was there, taking a break from final preparations for “Tristan” upstairs, and pronounced it “cosmic.”

By: Mary Jane Leach

Mary Jane Leach — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:00:18 +0000

Here are the missing links. I hope to eventually make pdf's of the score, but that's time I don't have right now. NewWorld EastmanScores ArchivMusic