Gregor Kipnis (was: retuned Mahler)

hi paul,

> From: "wallyesterpaulrus" <wallyesterpaulrus@yahoo.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:46 PM
> Subject: [tuning] Re: retuned Mahler
>
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> > Joe,
> >
> > --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@a...> wrote:
> > > believe me, if *you*
> > > haven't spent 15 years trying to squeeze a Mahler
> > > symphony into 16 MIDI channels, you have no idea
> > > how frustrating it is.
> >
> > That is because it is written for a large ensemble of live,
> >acoustic instruments, not for MIDI. Have you ever tried to get the
> >music of Yes played by a large ensemble of live, acoustic
> >instruments? It doesn't work, for a very analogous reason.
>
> at least according to gregor kipnis, new york avant-garde violinist
> extraordinaire, participator in both the AFMM Ives _Universe
> Symphony_ recording and the orchestral Yes show at Madison Square
> Garden, the situation had improved markedly by the time the tour hit
> the east coast . . . .

hmmm ... it's very interesting to see Greg's name
pop up on this list right now, since i was just
writing about my "good old days" at Manhattan.

Greg was one of my best friends there, and that
was largely because he absolutely *loved* playing
avant-garde music, and the weirder it was, the more
he liked it. he *always* made himself available
to play any of my new compositions, and he always
did a fantastic job.

last time i saw him was at the New York premier of
Ben Johnston's _Chamber Symphony_. that was in
December, i think it was 1995 or '96 ... don't remember.

-monz

hi monz,

we totally screwed up the spelling of his last name -- see above!

so are we still talking about the same guy?

-paul

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@a...> wrote:
>
> hi paul,
>
>
> > From: "wallyesterpaulrus" <wallyesterpaulrus@y...>
> > To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:46 PM
> > Subject: [tuning] Re: retuned Mahler
> >
> >
> > --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> > > Joe,
> > >
> > > --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@a...> wrote:
> > > > believe me, if *you*
> > > > haven't spent 15 years trying to squeeze a Mahler
> > > > symphony into 16 MIDI channels, you have no idea
> > > > how frustrating it is.
> > >
> > > That is because it is written for a large ensemble of live,
> > >acoustic instruments, not for MIDI. Have you ever tried to get
the
> > >music of Yes played by a large ensemble of live, acoustic
> > >instruments? It doesn't work, for a very analogous reason.
> >
> > at least according to gregor kipnis, new york avant-garde
violinist
> > extraordinaire, participator in both the AFMM Ives _Universe
> > Symphony_ recording and the orchestral Yes show at Madison Square
> > Garden, the situation had improved markedly by the time the tour
hit
> > the east coast . . . .
>
>
>
> hmmm ... it's very interesting to see Greg's name
> pop up on this list right now, since i was just
> writing about my "good old days" at Manhattan.
>
> Greg was one of my best friends there, and that
> was largely because he absolutely *loved* playing
> avant-garde music, and the weirder it was, the more
> he liked it. he *always* made himself available
> to play any of my new compositions, and he always
> did a fantastic job.
>
> last time i saw him was at the New York premier of
> Ben Johnston's _Chamber Symphony_. that was in
> December, i think it was 1995 or '96 ... don't remember.
>
>
>
> -monz

----- Original Message -----
From: "wallyesterpaulrus" <wallyesterpaulrus@yahoo.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: [tuning] Gregor Kitzis (was: Re: Gregor Kipnis (was: retuned
Mahler))

> hi monz,
>
> we totally screwed up the spelling of his last name -- see above!
>
> so are we still talking about the same guy?
>
> -paul

oops! yes, we're definitely talking about the same
guy. his name is Kitzis! IIRC, Greg Kipnis is the
name of a harpsichordist, no?

(funny how we both made the same slip ... damn
musicians can't come up with different-enough names! ...)

;-)

-monz

>IIRC, Greg Kipnis is the
>name of a harpsichordist, no?

Igor Kipnis.

-C.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Lumma" <ekin@lumma.org>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [tuning] Gregor Kitzis

> >IIRC, Greg Kipnis is the
> >name of a harpsichordist, no?
>
> Igor Kipnis.

ah, OK ... i guess my mind was conflating the
g's and o's and r's of "Igor" and "Gregor".

anyway, Gregor Kitzis is really amazing,
and he performs a lot in the New York area.

-monz