RE: klez go classical

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

When I read this I thought you had already read my next remarks even though 
I didn't hadn't sent it off.   "Demoralizing" is the exact description of 
the experience for some of us in the audience.  I was definitely 
demoralized.   Yes, the Argentines were absolutely incredible and certainly 
worth the whole trip to Toronto, but I can't say that it made up for it. 
  The fuss and focus that was made over that concert with the "commissions" 
was disturbing to me and to other klezmer I found out later.   It really 
tells you where some musicians' heads are being pushed to and it is not a 
productive way to go, IMHO.   And we had to pay $20 for that one yet. 

I haven't bought the Argentine's CD yet, but I highly, highly recommend it 
to everyone.  It was a real highlight of the festival and the packed 
audiences could have gone on for days.


Reyzl





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Sent:  Thursday, December 09, 1999 1:04 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: klez go classical

In a message dated 12/8/99 8:16:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
reyzl (at) flash(dot)net
writes:

<< I have been to the last
 Ashkenaz Festival where some of the best of that was presented.   (There
 was one moment [in the concert of all new compositions] where the noisy
 jazz in the all new compositions program was so annoying that I truly felt 
 like throwing a Molotov Cocktail just to stop that pure noise.  I soon
 found out that many others were equally annoyed.)  >>

Yes, Reyzl I too heard that cacophony (of sound) in Toronto and found it to 
be demoralizing.
Ah, but there was some brilliant Argentine musicians who made up for any 
lapse
in taste.

BobFogel



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