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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-08-24 13:25:23
Music Remembers Wartime Trauma
[…] or kitsch. “If only for a span of seven minutes,” Eichler muses, “we become witness to an act of witness, and a fading generation’s past becomes … our past." Benjamin Britten and his lifelong companion Peter Pears were famous for, among many other things, being fiercely committed conscientious objectors. In Eichler’s book, Britten comes across as inscrutable as ever. “Fame… had always been a double-edged sword for Britten. In many ways he took well to the life of a tennis-playing, ascot-wearing, tea-sipping, Jensen-convertible driving English gentleman… only one mask among many.” Eichler also shares Leonard Bernstein’s revealing take on the composer: “Ben Britten… was a man at odds with the world,” Leonard Bernstein once observed. “It’s strange because on the surface would seem to be decorative, positive, and it’s so much more than that. When you listen to Britten’s music, if you really hear it, not just to listen to it superficially, you become aware of something very dark. […]
2023-08-23 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech listens to more recordings by the Danish conductor Thomas Jensen. '... another jewel in the Thomas Jensen treasure-trove ...'
2023-08-10 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech gives the thumbs up to Danacord's Thomas Jensen Legacy Volume 15. '... unfettered enthusiasm and emotional gusto.'
2022-12-05 13:05:45
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