Comments on: An interview with Sir Harrison Birtwistle http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/03/an-interview-with-sir-harrison-birtwistle/ The Contemporary Classical Music Community Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Miss Music Nerd http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/03/an-interview-with-sir-harrison-birtwistle/comment-page-1/#comment-25710 Miss Music Nerd Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:34:51 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=5228#comment-25710 Thanks for the shout-out, Chris!

I just came across an article in New Music Box where the director of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble describes fielding a hostile question from an audience member who was not receptive to contemporary music. Here’s the money quote:

“Of course,” Weiss mused, “I could have been like Harrison Birtwistle when he was here last year. He just said ‘That’s a stupid question’ and moved on.
http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=4625

I’m glad I didn’t ask anything that provoked a response like that!

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]]> By: Brian http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/03/an-interview-with-sir-harrison-birtwistle/comment-page-1/#comment-25709 Brian Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:02:40 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=5228#comment-25709 Nicely done Miss Music Nerd!

I also like your reviews of BMOP performancs, and your blogging on classical music Grammys, esp. your interview with Steven Mackey from Princeton.

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