Comments on: Unsuk Chin: Composer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Piper http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-141260 Piper Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:20:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-141260 Very evocative—I have images of Bugs Bunny and Leonard Bernstein waking up together in a trailer at Helmut Lachenmann's Retirement Park. Fascinating! Very evocative—I have images of Bugs Bunny and Leonard Bernstein waking up together in a trailer at Helmut Lachenmann’s Retirement Park.

Fascinating!

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140650 R. Elgin Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:44:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140650 Pronounced "coom-hoe" and it is a *very* nice performance space here in Seoul. The acoustics are fabulous. Pronounced “coom-hoe” and it is a *very* nice performance space here in Seoul. The acoustics are fabulous.

]]> By: Maekchu http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140649 Maekchu Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:38:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140649 Ha ha....you said Kumho. Ha ha….you said Kumho.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140554 R. Elgin Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:35:53 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140554 Hehehe, maybe "user". God bless and support composers but the staging is *so* German that I was rolling around, laughing. It does not help me that the composer shows too much of that European-style orchestration that has become almost like stock footage; the long string glissandi up to the nervous muted trumpets -- subito. Ouch. Still, this is worth hearing, just so long as Chin does not start using back dancers. I still marvel at how Yun Isang was able to take all that influence and still make it sound absolutely Korean at times. Hehehe, maybe “user”. God bless and support composers but the staging is *so* German that I was rolling around, laughing. It does not help me that the composer shows too much of that European-style orchestration that has become almost like stock footage; the long string glissandi up to the nervous muted trumpets — subito.

Ouch.

Still, this is worth hearing, just so long as Chin does not start using back dancers.

I still marvel at how Yun Isang was able to take all that influence and still make it sound absolutely Korean at times.

]]> By: user-81 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140547 user-81 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:08:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140547 I predict this freaky opera will attract more of baduk's ranting about Koreans on drugs. I predict this freaky opera will attract more of baduk’s ranting about Koreans on drugs.

]]> By: century http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140541 century Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:51:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/10/unsuk-chin-composer/#comment-140541 Actually, she is in Seoul quite often and is the composer in residence for the Seoul Philharmonic. Actually, she is in Seoul quite often and is the composer in residence for the Seoul Philharmonic.

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