Comments on: Messiaen’s St-François d’Assise at the Nederlandse Opera http://www.amural.com/cww/2008/06/01/messiaens-st-francois-dassise-at-the-nederlandse-opera/ the anti-warhorse zone: music as the substance of a community of participation rather than as a commodity for consumption Sun, 26 May 2013 00:07:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: otterhouse http://www.amural.com/cww/2008/06/01/messiaens-st-francois-dassise-at-the-nederlandse-opera/#comment-1953 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:30:06 +0000 http://www.amural.com/cww/2008/06/01/messiaens-st-francois-dassise-at-the-nederlandse-opera/#comment-1953 In 1986, I attended the Utrecht Verdenburg performance of this opera (with Jose van Dam), Messiaen sitting in the audience. "Light lunch was served at the breaks"... Being quite young then, I was both mesmerized and bored at the same time. Later, I learned to value this kind of music. Lust like James Joyce or Goethe, you don't read it every day, but when you do, it enriches your life.... Greetings, Rolf http://docent.cmd.hro.nl/otter (my classical lp blog) In 1986, I attended the Utrecht Verdenburg performance of this opera (with Jose van Dam), Messiaen sitting in the audience. “Light lunch was served at the breaks”… Being quite young then, I was both mesmerized and bored at the same time. Later, I learned to value this kind of music. Lust like James Joyce or Goethe, you don’t read it every day, but when you do, it enriches your life….

Greetings,
Rolf
http://docent.cmd.hro.nl/otter
(my classical lp blog)

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