I hope it's not untoward to post a new Guardian on the great composer Kurtág; it's quite moving and very much worth reading even for those who are not yet devotees. It seems to me sufficiently relevant for the professor's blog, as it addresses the love of music and advanced aging (Kurtág is 97). The article links his and his wife's performance of some of his four-handed Bach 'transcriptions', which are among my favorite pieces of contemporary music (Kurtág was almost exactly the professor's age at the time of the performance): https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/16/i-compose-to-seek-the-truth-gyorgy-kurtag-on-totalitarianism-depression-and-his-73-year-marriage
I hope it's not untoward to post a new Guardian on the great composer Kurtág; it's quite moving and very much worth reading even for those who are not yet devotees. It seems to me sufficiently relevant for the professor's blog, as it addresses the love of music and advanced aging (Kurtág is 97). The article links his and his wife's performance of some of his four-handed Bach 'transcriptions', which are among my favorite pieces of contemporary music (Kurtág was almost exactly the professor's age at the time of the performance): https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/16/i-compose-to-seek-the-truth-gyorgy-kurtag-on-totalitarianism-depression-and-his-73-year-marriage
ReplyDeleteI listened to the four hand duets while I read the article. Wonderful!
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