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Showing posts with label Pachelbel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pachelbel. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
A Silly Question: A Baroque Free Bird?
I just listened to this recording by the London Baroque of Pachelbel's famous--and overplayed--canon and gigue in D major. The musicians on this recording play it at a quicker tempo than the plodding pace you normally hear at weddings.
Given the ubiquity of the piece, I have a silly question to ask: When these big-time baroque musicians like Andrew Manze give concerts, do rowdy spectators shout "Pachelbel's Canon" the same way rowdy spectators at rock concerts shout "Free Bird"?
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