Jenga for the lost and a wonderland for art

[sovay]

Driving home in dismal rain and traffic, I switched on WHRB and got the theremin episode of a new-to-me program called the Electro-Classical Future, featuring Kalevi Aho's Theremin Concerto (2014) and Howard Shore's Ed Wood Suite (2000). The DJ made a joke about synthesis which she promised to make every single week of the program. I ceased to mind all the red lights.

On the subject of classical music: the Division of the Creative Arts at Brandeis University has started its fundraiser for a permanent endowment in support of the Lydian String Quartet. Please donate! Whatever the rest of the world is doing, we still need art.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Whoa, the Howard Shore one!

(And that's great news the efforts for the Lydian String Quartet. You're right: we absolutely still need art.)

[sovay]

Whoa, the Howard Shore one!

Yay! I had neither heard either piece and was so delighted to get the better part of an hour of theremin while I drove. (There was a third piece in the program, but I had gotten home by that time.) I may have to tune in to future weeks to find out what else they showcase that I've never heard.

(And that's great news the efforts for the Lydian String Quartet. You're right: we absolutely still need art.)

I think it is ridiculous that the quartet should need to fundraise their endowment, but I hope they make record money and the university looks sick. Defunding your artists-in-residence should win you stupid prizes.

[thisbluespirit]

Not related to the post, but re. the DW reactor I currently follow and her response to Vengeance on Varos - she liked it even more than I had hoped (so far; part 2 will be next week)! She was visibly blown away by how dark and interesting it was. She loves the device of Arak and Etta the most and she did indeed say she wants to see more of the Governor, because she finds him and his odd position fascinating. I thought she probably would like it & also get it more than the couple of other reactors I've watched, but it is very divisive and you never can tell. So that was nice, and you did say to let you know!

[sovay]

So that was nice, and you did say to let you know!

Thank you for letting me know! w00t.