Comments on: Gustavo Dudamel’s Performance @ The Kimmel: At A Loss For Words http://www.uwishunu.com/2008/11/gustavo-dudamel%e2%80%99s-performance-the-kimmel-at-a-loss-for-words/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:16:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: emily g http://www.uwishunu.com/2008/11/gustavo-dudamel%e2%80%99s-performance-the-kimmel-at-a-loss-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-4350 emily g Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:09:39 +0000 http://www.uwishunu.com/?p=6012#comment-4350 stokowski stokowski

]]> By: emily g http://www.uwishunu.com/2008/11/gustavo-dudamel%e2%80%99s-performance-the-kimmel-at-a-loss-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-4349 emily g Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:09:05 +0000 http://www.uwishunu.com/?p=6012#comment-4349 You know what I love, I love when people say a classical concert was amaaaaaazing without mentioning anything specific about what was amazing, or even what was played. I also love it when people talk about how something is injecting new life into stodgy old classical music when they've clearly only been to see the orchestra once in the past year. How is this such a breath of fresh air when the speakers don't appear to have anything to compare Dudamel's conducting style to besides, I dunno, Stowkowski in Fantasia? these god damn kids today get off my lawn! You know what I love, I love when people say a classical concert was amaaaaaazing without mentioning anything specific about what was amazing, or even what was played.

I also love it when people talk about how something is injecting new life into stodgy old classical music when they’ve clearly only been to see the orchestra once in the past year. How is this such a breath of fresh air when the speakers don’t appear to have anything to compare Dudamel’s conducting style to besides, I dunno, Stowkowski in Fantasia?

these god damn kids today

get off my lawn!

]]> By: martha platt http://www.uwishunu.com/2008/11/gustavo-dudamel%e2%80%99s-performance-the-kimmel-at-a-loss-for-words/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 martha platt Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:39:27 +0000 http://www.uwishunu.com/?p=6012#comment-4351 I had a seat in the conductor's circle (the seats behind the orchestra) and though the sound of the orchestra is out of balance there, it's worth it to watch the conductor's face, especially Dudamel. The reason that the entire conductor's circle crowd jumped to a unanimous standing ovation after the second encore was that we got to watch Dudamel conduct with his eyes (and his hair!) for about a third of the Hungarian Dances. It was fantastic! I had a seat in the conductor’s circle (the seats behind the orchestra) and though the sound of the orchestra is out of balance there, it’s worth it to watch the conductor’s face, especially Dudamel. The reason that the entire conductor’s circle crowd jumped to a unanimous standing ovation after the second encore was that we got to watch Dudamel conduct with his eyes (and his hair!) for about a third of the Hungarian Dances. It was fantastic!

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