Re: non sequitur

Date: 29 Jun 2003 12:58:08 -0700
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email-address-deleted (Dr.Matt) wrote in message news:<OEmLa.293$email-address-deleted>...
> I prefer Haydn over Mozart. Which do yo prefer?
me prefers Mozart over Haydn.
mind you, I"ve played lots of Haydn piano sonatas and some concertos
when I was a kid, and I know his "London's Symponies" cycle, this is
about it. It's a nice and pleasant music to listen, but that's about
it. Reminds me golden retriever: always in the same positive mood.
Yes, yes, there are many exceptions, and Haydn music can be quite
dramatic, "farewell symphony", blah, blah ... Well, golden retriver
may get pissed off once in a while too.
I see as a composer you should like Haydn. His music is well crafted,
no doubt about it.
But from my perspective as unwashed listener, I certainly prefer
Mozart. Have lots of his recordings, mostly instrumental music, and
listen it quite often. The scope, the emotional range -- this is what
makes me completely involved while listening his music. Still remember
attending his 'Marriage of Figaro' about a year ago. Opera like this
is something which justifies to left the opera theaters intact (rather
than blow them up as Boulez has suggested at some point)