tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post3996147799265471411..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: "Individual Sound"Elaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-61014206612416649242010-11-07T13:06:26.829-06:002010-11-07T13:06:26.829-06:00This has to be a joke. How can the conductor comp...This has to be a joke. How can the conductor compare her to any of the great violinists? It sounds like she uses it to disguise her inability to hit the notes. If any of my violin students had used vibrato like that I would have started them over to break the bad habit. If I were to see her in concert, I would be forced to walk out to save my sanity.Gailhttp://becauseitsgail.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-41273206402634434742010-10-26T10:55:39.791-05:002010-10-26T10:55:39.791-05:00yup, this one caught the attention of the folks at...yup, this one caught the attention of the folks at Cello Chat too:<br /><br />http://cellofun.yuku.com/topic/11127Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-44294601770716203982010-10-26T07:00:55.909-05:002010-10-26T07:00:55.909-05:00Some of the dialog reminds me of a (bad) "art...Some of the dialog reminds me of a (bad) "artist's statement" at a gallery: nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc., remarkably free of content.<br /><br />Some of the playing is odd, especially, as you say, the portamento and wide vibrato.<br /><br />Bill in DallasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-8947774872414639922010-10-26T00:50:50.827-05:002010-10-26T00:50:50.827-05:00I keep thinking this just has to be a mockumentary...I keep thinking this just has to be a mockumentary ... I can't believe someone really thinks this is okay. Oh dear ....pattyoboenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-51442514164403919252010-10-25T10:40:00.139-05:002010-10-25T10:40:00.139-05:00Why are these people speaking about her playing in...Why are these people speaking about her playing in such complementary terms? What's going on here? Don't they realize how silly they seem?Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-34319016832800700042010-10-25T09:37:52.158-05:002010-10-25T09:37:52.158-05:00Yes, it's a joke -- unintended, but a joke nev...Yes, it's a joke -- unintended, but a joke nevertheless. That vibrato-cum-portamento she uses is thoroughly grotesque, and a stylistic solecism for all but the Hoffmann piece where it may actually be called for by the composer (he's a New Music composer, after all). But I can't speak to that as I know nothing of Hoffmann's work.<br /><br />ACD<br />http://www.soundsandfury.com/A.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-6739491978135288112010-10-25T09:36:50.039-05:002010-10-25T09:36:50.039-05:00When singers use this sort of exaggerated vibrato,...When singers use this sort of exaggerated vibrato, it's called "wobble" -- and that's not a compliment! Ugh! It seems out of control and hugely egocentric. Very distracting and unmusical. Out of keeping with the period.peregrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310871394184407035noreply@blogger.com