Goodbye to the last surrealist

[User]

 

[Aperitif]

RIP her.
Maybe there should be a Tanning Salon in the Tate?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sorry to hear, but at 101, she had a good innings.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I didn't know she was still alive. I actually prefer her later sculptural installations to her painting, which had a bit too much of that Daliesque slickness for me. RIP.

 

[Belly]

She's with her dada now.

 

[rich p]

Oh I don't know, I admire a bit of Daliesque slickness. I recently spent a long time admiring his 'Autumnal Cannibalism' at the Tate in Liverpool - the unexpected little slick of almost fluorescent yellow on the knife blade makes it glimmer like a real piece of metal attached to the canvas. Like Tanning's, Dali's pure skill is sometimes undervalued these days as too calculating, while roughness and approximation is valued for being fashionable. I also love Tanning's sewn forms though - reclaiming woman art.

Now, where's the 'Pretentious? Moi?' smiley ...

I think FM has a firm hold on it currently but it's always up for grabs. You'll need to up your game though
Preferring Webern to Brahms might give you a start.

 

[srw]

Preferring Webern to Brahms might give you a start.

Oh, infinitely. The second Viennese school is very under-rated, don't you think?

 

[rich p]

Oh, infinitely. The second Viennese school is very under-rated, don't you think?

Coming up fast on the rails ...

 

[rich p]

Stephen, at risk of making my own bid (yeah, right!) if I can't hum it I don't like it so Webern and Schoenberg don't get into my hit parade.
I once had the unplreasant experience of sitting through Peter Maxwell-Davis 8th Symphony which appeared to require the orchestra tuning up for an hour, some schoolkids on pencil boxes, and shaking marbles in a tin can.

 

[Aperitif]

Ha ha ha Rich - you do make me laugh!
If you think PMD is roughouse, try my nephew's composition stuff. He is Composer in Residence at Manchester Camerata and has all sorts of stuff going on. Whereas his thoughts are engaging, I find the music resulting difficult to appreciate.
Watch this as an example. I can picture you and I in one of the dance roles, bien sur. Further info here, plugging the man unashamedly! http://www.brahimkerkour.com/

 

[dellzeqq]

Oi! Webern's Passacaglia

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9qJ4oJdvc
is one of my all time faves. Note, if you will, the 'arch' structure .

Now, if it's pretentious you want, there's always Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet. I'll bring the CD to Her Nibs' birthday bash and we can all jive to the rhythm of the rotors

 

[srw]

Preferring Webern to Brahms might give you a start.

Funnily enough, today's Radio 3 lunchtime concert paired Webern with Brahms. One guess as to which I preferred...

 

[rich p]

Ha ha ha Rich - you do make me laugh!
If you think PMD is roughouse, try my nephew's composition stuff. He is Composer in Residence at Manchester Camerata and has all sorts of stuff going on. Whereas his thoughts are engaging, I find the music resulting difficult to appreciate.
Watch this as an example. I can picture you and I in one of the dance roles, bien sur. Further info here, plugging the man unashamedly! http://www.brahimkerkour.com/

That is hard work Mart, not that I'm afraid of that
It's not any better when I'm Brahims and listing to the right.
Dancing? I only saw a few people mimicking me crawling home on a Friday night.

 

[rich p]

Oi! Webern's Passacaglia

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9qJ4oJdvc
is one of my all time faves. Note, if you will, the 'arch' structure .

Dell, it's not the worst by any means,but as Eric Morecombe said, all the notes are there just not necessarily in the right order.

 

[Aperitif]

Oi! Webern's Passacaglia

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9qJ4oJdvc
is one of my all time faves. Note, if you will, the 'arch' structure .

Now, if it's pretentious you want, there's always Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet. I'll bring the CD to Her Nibs' birthday bash and we can all jive to the rhythm of the rotors

Rich is partial to a bit of Chopperhausen - especially on the dance floor with whirly birds!
Dell is just a stinking hellibore.