tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348565305484091975.post3832318365873460664..comments2023-06-28T08:37:03.213-04:00Comments on Dr. Dick's Harrisburg Symphony Blog: Brahms, the Lullaby & his 2nd SymphonyDick Strawserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10033692470502525123noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348565305484091975.post-60498245500589436302010-04-18T08:51:21.970-04:002010-04-18T08:51:21.970-04:00Thanks, Dr. Tim - not sure if Brahms (in 1877) wou...Thanks, Dr. Tim - not sure if Brahms (in 1877) would've known Foster's song (1864) but it's fun to imagine it being played to death by the town orchestra outside Brahms' favorite haunts in Pörtschach and him complaining how he can't get it out of his head. Then, too, do you know Peter Schickele's "Unbegun Symphony"?<br />http://s0.ilike.com/play#Peter+Schickele:Unbegun+Symphony:2972213:s33846210.9500578.4365480.0.2.106%2Cstd_4b44fbab83f84fc2adf89dd9fa3ffb4c<br />(hope the link works) check out the opening of the last movement, about 5:30 into the clip ;-)Dick Strawserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033692470502525123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348565305484091975.post-60878406629595042562010-04-18T08:30:54.553-04:002010-04-18T08:30:54.553-04:00-Great post, Dick, and it has me excited to hear t...-Great post, Dick, and it has me excited to hear the symphony again this afternoon! <br /><br />One thought, have you ever noticed the similarity between the transitional theme in the first movement to Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer?" I always assumed there was some kind of connection between the "lullaby" and the "dreamer." The thought occurred to me as I was conducting it for the first time---appropriately enough it was the last symphony I conducted before my wife gave birth to our first child...already I knew sleep would be an issue!Tim Dixonhttp://www.timothydixon.comnoreply@blogger.com