2/8/06

Grammy

Congratulations to the Ying Quartet who won the Grammy for best cross-over album today! Now I can say that I study with a Grammy winner! They were all in LA for the ceremony and me and Kimberly looked for them on TV, but they were most likely sitting way in the back. They were one of the many awards announced in the afternoon...the only mention of them was a little message that scrolled across on the bottom of the screen informing people about 'other winners.' Rite of Spring went much better today...Brad mentioned something about a version of the final section of the piece (switching from 2/16 to 3/16 etc...) all written out in 4...so why not rewrite a Mozart symphony in 5/8??? Hilarious... First audition is coming soon... Good luck to Sara on her recital tomorrow!! I'm sure she will astound and amaze everyone with her super violin skills!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Brad's right. If you think the 4/4 version of the Rite of Spring is bizarre, check out Riemann's reworkings of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas, where everything is rewritten so that it falls into an 8-bar pattern. (Actually Riemann had a really interesting theory to justify his rebarrings, but this is neither the time nor the place for it...)