Could it be possible? The return of SaysMe
It is hard to believe, but it is true. After something like a year since the last post, I have finally written something new for my SaysMe blog (the value of a 12 hour plane flight back from Europe). Here's a snippet:
Even if the Prague audience had not read the program, they should have known to return. The First Law of Symphonic Programming requires an inverse relationship between the putrescence of the first half of the program and the beauty of the second. The more putrid the first, the more beautiful the second. If the first half of the concert is Schoenberg, after the intermission you can count on Mozart. If the first piece of the concert is Webern, look for a Bach concerto to follow. And never the other way around. The tripe must always come before the trifle. Otherwise, honestly, who would stick around for the second half? Masochists and neophytes. Everyone else would know to promptly run away before the memories of a truly fabulous piece of music had been erased with cacophony and dissonance.
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