Comments on: Schubert’s Killer Abs http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/ The glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: “Some People Are Even Scared of Him: Jeremy Denk Discusses Playing Charles Ives - Arts Desk http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-5880 “Some People Are Even Scared of Him: Jeremy Denk Discusses Playing Charles Ives - Arts Desk Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:01:44 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-5880 [...] widely read in the online classical world (such as it is), in which he muses on topics ranging from ear hair trimmers to fending off the advances of female fans. In his music selection, Denk has cultivated a uniquely [...] [...] widely read in the online classical world (such as it is), in which he muses on topics ranging from ear hair trimmers to fending off the advances of female fans. In his music selection, Denk has cultivated a uniquely [...]

]]> By: Don- Oshawa Realtor http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-5272 Don- Oshawa Realtor Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:11:41 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-5272 I'm a huge Springsteen fan but this blog puts music in a different light for me. Haven't really thought of my music like you do Jeremy!! LOL I’m a huge Springsteen fan but this blog puts music in a different light for me. Haven’t really thought of my music like you do Jeremy!! LOL

]]> By: Genevieve Jones http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-5157 Genevieve Jones Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:41:45 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-5157 Have you read Hanslick? Have you read Hanslick?

]]> By: Caleb Johnson http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4956 Caleb Johnson Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:11:35 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4956 I've thought about this too... how about the end of <i>Sum of All Fears</i>when <i>Nessun Dorma</i> is playing in the background whilst Clark slits the throat of that fascist? or <i>the Spy Who Loved Me</i> where we hear <i>Bach's Air on the G String</i> while Stromberg drops his secretary into a shark tank. I’ve thought about this too…
how about the end of Sum of All Fearswhen Nessun Dorma is playing in the background whilst Clark slits the throat of that fascist? or the Spy Who Loved Me where we hear Bach’s Air on the G String while Stromberg drops his secretary into a shark tank.

]]> By: Michele Archer http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4949 Michele Archer Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:01:12 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4949 Clearly, the next time you are trapped in Naples you need rescuing. There's this place on Ft. Myers Beach...Personally, I like it because...well... It would have definitely distracted you from wanting a second viewing. Caught your performance with the Phil. Masterful. But, if I'd known you were reduced to watching Twighlight, I would have been glad to help. Clearly, the next time you are trapped in Naples you need rescuing. There’s this place on Ft. Myers Beach…Personally, I like it because…well…
It would have definitely distracted you from wanting a second viewing.

Caught your performance with the Phil. Masterful. But, if I’d known you were reduced to watching Twighlight, I would have been glad to help.

]]> By: phoebeblue http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4932 phoebeblue Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:22:37 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4932 *school,* that is. So much for being the big know it all! *school,* that is. So much for being the big know it all!

]]> By: phoebeblue http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4931 phoebeblue Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:21:40 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4931 I'm late to the party, but found your blog by way of another site. The funniest thing is, I live in Orlando, too. Weird. Anyway, I really like this post, but with one tiiiiny quibble: Lecter doesn't eat either of the two guards. He bites Pembry's face and eviscerates Boyle, but all of that is to aid in his escape- remember, the unrecognizable face is how he fools the rescuers into believing he's Pembry and rushing him out of the building. Sorry to be pedantic- I wrote a couple of wicked long papers on "TSotL" back in scholl. :) I’m late to the party, but found your blog by way of another site. The funniest thing is, I live in Orlando, too. Weird. Anyway, I really like this post, but with one tiiiiny quibble: Lecter doesn’t eat either of the two guards. He bites Pembry’s face and eviscerates Boyle, but all of that is to aid in his escape- remember, the unrecognizable face is how he fools the rescuers into believing he’s Pembry and rushing him out of the building. Sorry to be pedantic- I wrote a couple of wicked long papers on “TSotL” back in scholl. :)

]]> By: naferius http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4925 naferius Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:58:43 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4925 I was reminded of this article: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoundtrackDissonance I was reminded of this article:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoundtrackDissonance

]]> By: NYCMatters http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4912 NYCMatters Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:50:24 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4912 This afternoon, I was able to be lazy: sit on the couch and watch television-- to escape the actuality that I am becoming a capitalist. As I was making an effort to watch something that was mindless – yet so entertaining to me like, The Kardashians; I happened to catch Joshua Bell with Friends @ The Penthouse. (Adieu to mindless) After Renee performed, I remembered that the pianist had a blog…and there I was surfing Think Denk . As I was cooking dinner in my “Penthouse” – a fourth floor walk-up across the Hudson River, I started to think (and question) about what JD wrote regarding films and music; and all 19 of those that commented…I guess, I get a bit excited when I hear a classical piece in a film –but, I never comment on such. Mainly, because most people do not care and I do not want to remind myself that I am a big dork. It is also for the same reason when I stop by a Starbucks and Brahms Symphony 4 is playing in the background, I simply smile as I stand in that long line waiting for a Grande Bold with room –trying NOT to hum along. Again, I would be enhancing that “dork” within and I would not want one of the Baristas to think I was an elitist on matters outside of that sacred cup of Joe. Which brings me to my thought(s) pertaining to this post: I go to the movies to escape –the cheesier and or sappier the film the better for me. I want simple. I want average. At times, I want funny. I do not want my moment of two hours to be hijacked by the music. Movies are visual and not musical for me. I just want a simple get way. Now, on the flip side: I hate going to the Opera because it is too visual. I just want the music. The sets and forced staging completely take away from the music. Give me Opera in a recital setting and I am there ---- for the music. And when I read a book --- I do not want to hear music in the background. I want to be a hermit in stillness romancing sentences that carry a beauty I will never, ever be able to craft; but know that I am witnessing a silent symphony of words. I like that films are not loaded with masterful works. I want music to stand alone without a visual to bend its meaning for me. I like to read without accompaniment. This being stated, I do understand the importance of branding classical music to the masses via film and the like…and I guess it also adds to the genius of this blog. This afternoon, I was able to be lazy: sit on the couch and watch television– to escape the actuality that I am becoming a capitalist. As I was making an effort to watch something that was mindless – yet so entertaining to me like, The Kardashians; I happened to catch Joshua Bell with Friends @ The Penthouse. (Adieu to mindless)

After Renee performed, I remembered that the pianist had a blog…and there I was surfing Think Denk . As I was cooking dinner in my “Penthouse” – a fourth floor walk-up across the Hudson River, I started to think (and question) about what JD wrote regarding films and music; and all 19 of those that commented…I guess, I get a bit excited when I hear a classical piece in a film –but, I never comment on such. Mainly, because most people do not care and I do not want to remind myself that I am a big dork. It is also for the same reason when I stop by a Starbucks and Brahms Symphony 4 is playing in the background, I simply smile as I stand in that long line waiting for a Grande Bold with room –trying NOT to hum along. Again, I would be enhancing that “dork” within and I would not want one of the Baristas to think I was an elitist on matters outside of that sacred cup of Joe.

Which brings me to my thought(s) pertaining to this post: I go to the movies to escape –the cheesier and or sappier the film the better for me. I want simple. I want average. At times, I want funny. I do not want my moment of two hours to be hijacked by the music. Movies are visual and not musical for me. I just want a simple get way.

Now, on the flip side: I hate going to the Opera because it is too visual. I just want the music. The sets and forced staging completely take away from the music. Give me Opera in a recital setting and I am there —- for the music.

And when I read a book — I do not want to hear music in the background. I want to be a hermit in stillness romancing sentences that carry a beauty I will never, ever be able to craft; but know that I am witnessing a silent symphony of words.

I like that films are not loaded with masterful works. I want music to stand alone without a visual to bend its meaning for me. I like to read without accompaniment.

This being stated, I do understand the importance of branding classical music to the masses via film and the like…and I guess it also adds to the genius of this blog.

]]> By: Genevieve Jones http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/comment-page-1/#comment-4910 Genevieve Jones Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:14:45 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2009/12/10/schuberts-killer-abs/#comment-4910 Beethoven, Op. 57, 2nd mvt. Beethoven, Op. 57, 2nd mvt.

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