tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post8450394254344125099..comments2024-01-22T05:10:11.938+11:00Comments on I am a liminal being: ANNE SOFIE IS COMINGwandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-4885816185207928412011-04-08T06:43:46.453+10:002011-04-08T06:43:46.453+10:00Oh Yes. I can't wait. I've only heard her ...Oh Yes. I can't wait. I've only heard her live once - Waltraute in Rattle's Ring in Aix, where I'm afraid the Berliners tended to win. Scandinavians and funeral songs indeed - I'm thinking Sibelius, but more the whole of the 7th - I'm addicted to its uncertainty - that'll test their patience, assuming anyone comes, let alone stays.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-81349726776044540352011-04-07T23:09:28.308+10:002011-04-07T23:09:28.308+10:00Much on my mind, since I heard the Bergen Philharm...Much on my mind, since I heard the Bergen Philharmonic play it as an encore in Berlin earlier this week, has been Grieg's 'Varen' (better known to us as 'The Last Spring'). Anne Sofie's performance of this with the wonderful Bengt Forsberg is one of those pieces you toy with as a funeral anthem. If you don't have the CD, it's on YouTube:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBSnPMORpTQDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.com