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Bryn
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« Reply #45 on: 17:30:45, 05-03-2007 »
There's a lovely quote of Cage's re. The Études Australes:

“Grete Sultan was working on my Music of Changes, which I actually had written for David Tudor. In the piece the corpus of the piano must, among other things, be hit with sticks and with the hands. It seemed to me to be a little strange that an older woman should busy herself with sticks and strike the piano. So I said to Grete that I would write a couple of pieces for her, and the  Études Australes are the result.” (John Cage in conversation with Tom Darter).
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« Reply #46 on: 17:41:28, 05-03-2007 »
A lovely quote indeed, Bryn. Cool

Wouldn't it be nice if the BBC would dedicate a whole evening to David Tudor? Dutch radio did this once, but nowadays, these kind of things are no longer possible in this country. Sad
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« Reply #47 on: 22:39:48, 06-03-2007 »
Quote from: trained-pianist on 15:47:21, 21-02-2007
Thanks for the thread roslynmuse.
My favourite pianists are Horowitz (I have almost all of his CDs). Now I fall in love with John Ogdon.
This is just for starters.
I agree with you about Ogdon - one of the greatest. Do you know his performance of the Busoni Piano Concerto? Also Ogdon was a composer, and wrote a piano concerto. I have heard it once, but can't remember it. Ogdon also performed Sorabji's piano works: his technique was just out-of-this-world. I would like to know the real truth about his death. Did he commit suicide?
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« Reply #48 on: 22:47:56, 06-03-2007 »
Quote from: lovedaydewfall on 22:39:48, 06-03-2007
I agree with you about Ogdon - one of the greatest. Do you know his performance of the Busoni Piano Concerto? Also Ogdon was a composer, and wrote a piano concerto. I have heard it once, but can't remember it. Ogdon also performed Sorabji's piano works: his technique was just out-of-this-world. I would like to know the real truth about his death. Did he commit suicide?

Busoni PC - you might like to look at the thread about string quartet audiences to find out something alarming about this piece...!

I have never heard a suicide theory about Ogdon.

But he was, at his best, a stunning pianist, as the recent programmes on R3 demonstrated.
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« Reply #49 on: 22:49:07, 06-03-2007 »
I don't know how Ogdon played this pieces. It would be good to investigate. The little I heard of Busoni music I loved. I heard people talk about Sorafji's music and I am very interested.
Please excuse my grammar. I can see it is a bit wrong when I see myself beeing quoted.
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