The Foyer, meet and greet.

[Megan]

Yay, Philidor!

Hello and welcome to our new member Philidor, great to have you with us and shall look forward to seeing you on the forum!




http://brightcecilia.com/forum/index.php

[Philidor]

Hello,

Fraternal/sororal greetings from Brightcecilia.com! Thanks for the invite. This place looks great.... and the colour scheme is restful on the eyes.

Phil Xxxxx

[Megan]

Hello,

Fraternal/sororal greetings from Brightcecilia.com! Thanks for the invite. This place looks great.... and the colour scheme is restful on the eyes.

Phil Xxxxx

Wonderful to share your enthusiasm!


Just to mention that the main Beethoven reference site page is through this link so that you can explore the menu. I probably gave you the link direct to the discussion forums.
http://www.lvbeethoven.co.uk/

[Chris]

Welcome. You can thank Peter for the color scheme. If it were up to me everything would be purple and green and constantly flashing.

[Philidor]

Some forums do look like a tart's boudoir... or have a black background with white text like a 1970s punk band...

I've a confession. My knowledge of Beethoven could be written on a cigarette paper. I know a bit about the metronome controversy, have glanced through his conversation books, know he first loved then hated Napoleon, and have been mystified by, but strangely attracted to, his late quartets... but that's it.

[Megan]

Some forums do look like a tart's boudoir... or have a black background with white text like a 1970s punk band...

I've a confession. My knowledge of Beethoven could be written on a cigarette paper. I know a bit about the metronome controversy, have glanced through his conversation books, know he first loved then hated Napoleon, and have been mystified by, but strangely attracted to, his late quartets... but that's it.

Beethoven's late quartets are phenomenal and sublime and a good place to start.

[Philidor]

Beethoven's late quartets are phenominal and sublime and a good place to start.

Who plays them best? I've spent years in the "authentic music" ghetto playing baroque flute, so find excessive vibrato a problem. Is there anyone producing historically informed performances of the late quartets? I heard the Amadeus Quartet play them years ago and their vibrato was so wide you could drive a truck through it. They wobbled about so much, in different directions, they ended up playing something but it wasn't what Beethoven wrote in his score. Yet they had the reputation for being Beethoven experts.... odd.

[Megan]

Who plays them best? I've spent years in the "authentic music" ghetto playing baroque flute, so find excessive vibrato a problem. Is there anyone producing historically informed performances of the late quartets? I heard the Amadeus Quartet play them years ago and their vibrato was so wide you could drive a truck through it. They wobbled about so much, in different directions, they ended up playing something but it wasn't what Beethoven wrote in his score. Yet they had the reputation for being Beethoven experts.... odd.

Great topic to start a new discussion, best to copy and paste it in the Classical music discussion area.
We are in the General Discussion area here. Just click on the blue button on the top left, Start a new thread

http://www.gyrix.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6

[Philidor]

http://www.gyrix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3689

[Peter]

Yes welcome Philidor - great to have you with us.

[haydnguy]

Hi everyone, I'm haydnguy. I didn't name myself that because I know a lot about him or he's necessarily my favorite (although one of them), but because he was the first composer that kind of "hooked me in classical music".

I'm not a musician and have only been listening about 5 years. I'm pretty eclectic in my taste. The only genre that I don't listen to is experimental. I'm cool with modern.

Looking forward to the discussions!

[Hollywood]

Howdy there Philidor! Greetings from Heiligenstadt!

[Megan]

Hi everyone, I'm haydnguy. I didn't name myself that because I know a lot about him or he's necessarily my favorite (although one of them), but because he was the first composer that kind of "hooked me in classical music".

I'm not a musician and have only been listening about 5 years. I'm pretty eclectic in my taste. The only genre that I don't listen to is experimental. I'm cool with modern.

Looking forward to the discussions!

Welcome aboard Haydnguy, Good to see you here.You will find a wealth of top quality contributors and friendly discussion.

[marquis66]

Howdy there Philidor! Greetings from Heiligenstadt!

Well now, that's one heck of a testament....

[Megan]

Welcome Marquis66