Comments for think denk http://jeremydenk.net/blog The glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by mvhul http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-6002 mvhul Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:09 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-6002 Here's what my mom said in an email this morning: "Read Denk's piece this morning. He's a word artist as well as a musical one." Yes. Here’s what my mom said in an email this morning:
“Read Denk’s piece this morning. He’s a word artist as well as a musical one.”
Yes.

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by jean http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5998 jean Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:14:13 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5998 Like I said, I went right away to buy the New Yorker just to read your article since I could only read a small part of it online earlier. All I could say was "Wow! awesome writing!" That's a very long essay for the magazine, so of course you're excused for not blogging on time. I also listened to your Brahms's Sonatas for Viola and Piano today and read the CD's leaflet. Thanks! Like I said, I went right away to buy the New Yorker just to read your article since I could only read a small part of it online earlier. All I could say was “Wow! awesome writing!” That’s a very long essay for the magazine, so of course you’re excused for not blogging on time. I also listened to your Brahms’s Sonatas for Viola and Piano today and read the CD’s leaflet. Thanks!

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by Janet http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5997 Janet Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:17:46 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5997 I second Daniel's request. Unless you said something truly unseemly, perhaps it would be possible to post that "perfect" take here? I second Daniel’s request. Unless you said something truly unseemly, perhaps it would be possible to post that “perfect” take here?

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by jean http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5995 jean Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:54:24 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5995 I like your article in the New Yorker. I'm going to pick up a copy to read then send it to my friend. My brain has grown a few more cells since I've been reading your blogs which is about a year now; and I thought they're a little too intellectual for me at first.... Beside the Ives recording, I'm going to get some other solo CDs of yours as well. I like your article in the New Yorker. I’m going to pick up a copy to read then send it to my friend. My brain has grown a few more cells since I’ve been reading your blogs which is about a year now; and I thought they’re a little too intellectual for me at first…. Beside the Ives recording, I’m going to get some other solo CDs of yours as well.

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by LT http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5994 LT Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:40 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5994 I found your <i>New Yorker</i> piece yesterday at 4 am, when I got up to make sure one of my cats, whom I'd accidentally double-dosed on heart medication, was still breathing. (He's fine.) Exhausted and worried as I was, I became so engrossed in your story that I couldn't put it down. I was in charge of a museum chamber-music series for many years. After working with performers and calming (unconfessed) pre-concert nerves and the occasional qualms during intermission, I found that everything you wrote made brilliant sense to me — secrets, fears, and insecurities revealed to seem as obvious and natural as breathing. I found myself thinking, "If he plays like he writes, he will always be worth hearing, even if he's practicing scales or thinks he's messing up. This guy is amazingly eloquent, honest, funny, and insightful." I'm delighted to find your blog, and since I love Concord, Massachusetts, and it's history, I plan to listen to your CD very soon. I like Ives and haven't heard him in a long time; he has humor among his other gifts, as do you. Thanks for writing that terrific essay! I found your New Yorker piece yesterday at 4 am, when I got up to make sure one of my cats, whom I’d accidentally double-dosed on heart medication, was still breathing. (He’s fine.) Exhausted and worried as I was, I became so engrossed in your story that I couldn’t put it down.

I was in charge of a museum chamber-music series for many years. After working with performers and calming (unconfessed) pre-concert nerves and the occasional qualms during intermission, I found that everything you wrote made brilliant sense to me — secrets, fears, and insecurities revealed to seem as obvious and natural as breathing.

I found myself thinking, “If he plays like he writes, he will always be worth hearing, even if he’s practicing scales or thinks he’s messing up. This guy is amazingly eloquent, honest, funny, and insightful.”

I’m delighted to find your blog, and since I love Concord, Massachusetts, and it’s history, I plan to listen to your CD very soon. I like Ives and haven’t heard him in a long time; he has humor among his other gifts, as do you. Thanks for writing that terrific essay!

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by Lisa Saffer http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5992 Lisa Saffer Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:03:11 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5992 Hi Jeremy, just finished the NYer article which was SO excellent. I was just speaking with a young pianist about recorded music--musical documentation--and now must send this on to him. You really got it down. In my own previous recording life I always had an itching urge to sabotage it all with something wild and live and, dare I say, ugly. Sigh. Keep it up--your writing is as wonderful as your playing. Thanks. Hi Jeremy,

just finished the NYer article which was SO excellent. I was just speaking with a young pianist about recorded music–musical documentation–and now must send this on to him. You really got it down. In my own previous recording life I always had an itching urge to sabotage it all with something wild and live and, dare I say, ugly.
Sigh.

Keep it up–your writing is as wonderful as your playing. Thanks.

]]> Comment on My Debut by MARIUCA IOSIFESCU http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2011/11/01/my-debut/comment-page-1/#comment-5989 MARIUCA IOSIFESCU Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:40:19 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1277#comment-5989 After reading "The Flight of the Concord" in the New Yorker, I had the euphoric feeling of a discovery of something completely unknown , yet familiar. LOVED the piece and thought you should know this very singular Romanian pianist living in Paris, Andrei Vieru. The spirit of your piece reminded me of him. You can check his very imperfect website (made by a distant and undisciplined nephew in Moscow) at: www.andreivieru.com. So I decided to explore more, and started with this "Debut", which made me laugh out loud and put me in a very good mood. I don't read blogs, but I'll definitely follow this one. And will get the Ligeti CD next. Discovering kindred spirits is still one of the deepest pleasures of this life. THANK YOU! After reading “The Flight of the Concord” in the New Yorker, I had the euphoric feeling of a discovery of something completely unknown , yet familiar.
LOVED the piece and thought you should know this very singular Romanian pianist living in Paris, Andrei Vieru. The spirit of your piece reminded me of him.
You can check his very imperfect website (made by a distant and undisciplined nephew in Moscow) at: http://www.andreivieru.com.
So I decided to explore more, and started with this “Debut”, which made me laugh out loud and put me in a very good mood.
I don’t read blogs, but I’ll definitely follow this one.
And will get the Ligeti CD next.
Discovering kindred spirits is still one of the deepest pleasures of this life.
THANK YOU!

]]> Comment on Love is Complicated by writing about music | NobleViola http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2011/07/26/love-is-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-5988 writing about music | NobleViola Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:22:07 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1188#comment-5988 [...] Sonata. Denk writes very well about music itself (see his musings on the Brahms Clarinet Trio here), which is supremely difficult in its own right. But in this article, he uncovers the inner [...] [...] Sonata. Denk writes very well about music itself (see his musings on the Brahms Clarinet Trio here), which is supremely difficult in its own right. But in this article, he uncovers the inner [...]

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by rg2 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5987 rg2 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:32:13 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5987 Having recently done time in a recording studio, crafting one of those conceptual artifacts, I'd say your <i>New Yorker</i> piece is less "obsessive and neurotic" than it is straight-up, unadorned reportage--the facts. It feels just like you say it does. We should all be grateful that our favorite recordings exist, given that most artists (across all genres) often felt/feel like destroying the evidence in fits of playback-induced dismay, horror, and/or shame. Thanks for undergoing the ordeal. Having recently done time in a recording studio, crafting one of those conceptual artifacts, I’d say your New Yorker piece is less “obsessive and neurotic” than it is straight-up, unadorned reportage–the facts. It feels just like you say it does. We should all be grateful that our favorite recordings exist, given that most artists (across all genres) often felt/feel like destroying the evidence in fits of playback-induced dismay, horror, and/or shame. Thanks for undergoing the ordeal.

]]> Comment on A Reasonably Good Excuse For Not Blogging? by mvhul http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2012/01/30/a-reasonably-good-excuse-for-not-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-5984 mvhul Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:58 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=1316#comment-5984 I was so delighted to open the *New Yorker* and find a piece by one of my favorite writers (and certainly my favorite blogger). ("They finally discovered him!" was my thought--immediately followed by, "Whatever took them so long?!") Your article is moving and delightful. I'm so grateful that you're a writer as well as a pianist. Thank you. I was so delighted to open the *New Yorker* and find a piece by one of my favorite writers (and certainly my favorite blogger). (“They finally discovered him!” was my thought–immediately followed by, “Whatever took them so long?!”)

Your article is moving and delightful. I’m so grateful that you’re a writer as well as a pianist. Thank you.

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