Talk:Harrison Birtwistle

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Comments: edit  · history  · watch  · purge I would just like to point out at this point that Harrison Birtwistle is awesome. I completely agree

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: I would just like to point out at this point that Harrison Birtwistle is awesome. I completely agree (edit)

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Birtwistle is of less importance than Nyman? How was that result derived -- from relative sales? -- Hoary (talk) 06:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Nyman is no slouch (just a different style), but Birtwistle is undoubtedly one of the very top world composers, and one of the two top UK composers. Badagnani (talk) 06:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Probably just sour grapes about Nyman: when at Modena over a decade ago, we noticed that he had a concert coming up and, because his stuff burbled along pleasantly enough to the Greenaway films, bought tickets. He noodled on the piano, he noodled more on the piano, he noodled more on the piano. It was all very tonal and without even minuscule surprise or challenge, the sort of thing any decent pianist could do to kill time. The others in the audience (heavy on ponytails and designer stubble) appeared to be in rapt admiration. For the two of us it was an opportunity to examine the floodlit exterior of the (excellent) neighboring duomo. But we gave up and walked out early. If Birtwistle is Rodenbach then this Nyman was Miller Lite (I never bothered to hear any thereafter). I missed Punch and Judy in London last week; pity. -- Hoary (talk) 07:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I like Punch and Judy AND Nyman equally (though you're right, there's no comparison between Rodenbach and Miller Lite ;). Like Glass and Reich, some of Nyman's works (notably the earlier ones) are better than others. Badagnani (talk) 06:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)