Pollini recital ticket

[Noah]

Hey,
Would anyone be interested in a ticket for Pollini's recital at the Royal Festival Hall in London this Sunday (24th) at 7.30pm? The programme is

Chopin - 3 Nocturnes, Op.15
Chopin - Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
Chopin - 2 Nocturnes, Op.48
Chopin - Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Chopin - 2 Nocturnes, Op.55
Chopin - 2 Nocturnes, Op.62
Chopin - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35

I've a got a "young people's platform" ticket, which is right on the stage, and it's only £5. Anyone interested, reply to this thread or PM me!
Cheers,
Noah

[fred smalls]

OMG! Why don't I live in London!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!
Pollini is amazing! Why can't you go?? You shouldn't miss the opporotunity.
(Wait, this is probably a spare ticket, I get it! )

[Noah]

No, it's not an extra ticket, but there's another concert I'd rather go to on the same day (Julia Fischer playing Bartok's second concerto).... and I'm not really a big fan of Pollini anyway. I don't particularly like his programme either.

[fred smalls]

No, it's not an extra ticket, but there's another concert I'd rather go to on the same day (Julia Fischer playing Bartok's second concerto).... and I'm not really a big fan of Pollini anyway. I don't particularly like his programme either.

I have lost a great deal of respect for you, my friend.


(jk, but how can you not like pollini? seriously how?)

[Motrax]

I do not like Pollini because his Chopin sounds exactly like a midi file. I do not like Pollini because his Beethoven is utterly without expression. I do not like Pollini because his technique (which was his only claim to fame) is now careless. I do not like Pollini because he does not use any creativity - no dynamic variation save for what is written, and no rubato. I do not like Pollini because, in a nutshell, he is the dryest pianist I have ever listened to.

That's how I don't like Pollini.

(And I say this from seeing him live last year, and from listening to a number of his recordings, both recent and from his younger years)

[lostinidlewonder]

Pollini's Beethoven sounds expressionless?!?!??! what the

[fred smalls]

I do not like Pollini because his Chopin sounds exactly like a midi file. I do not like Pollini because his Beethoven is utterly without expression. I do not like Pollini because his technique (which was his only claim to fame) is now careless. I do not like Pollini because he does not use any creativity - no dynamic variation save for what is written, and no rubato. I do not like Pollini because, in a nutshell, he is the dryest pianist I have ever listened to.

That's how I don't like Pollini.

(And I say this from seeing him live last year, and from listening to a number of his recordings, both recent and from his younger years)

Ouch. I'm assuming you can play as well as Pollini to be able to critisize him in such a fashion?

[steinwayguy]

Pollini's Beethoven sounds expressionless?!?!??! what the

Well no sh*t.

Ouch. I'm assuming you can play as well as Pollini to be able to critisize him in such a fashion?

That's such a horrible argument. Oh yeah, because you don't think I can play as well as Lang Lang does, I have no right to criticize his (indescribably horrific) recording of the Rachmaninoff Second.

I do not like Pollini because his Chopin sounds exactly like a midi file. I do not like Pollini because his Beethoven is utterly without expression. I do not like Pollini because his technique (which was his only claim to fame) is now careless. I do not like Pollini because he does not use any creativity - no dynamic variation save for what is written, and no rubato. I do not like Pollini because, in a nutshell, he is the dryest pianist I have ever listened to.

That's how I don't like Pollini.

(And I say this from seeing him live last year, and from listening to a number of his recordings, both recent and from his younger years)

True, true, true and more true.

[fred smalls]

SteinwayGuy.  Why does everything in this forum turn into an argument?  I was just expressing the fact that I like Pollini alot.  I'm sorry.
Do you think you can play as well as Lang Lang?

[Noah]

Sorry- just getting it up again, recital's tomorrow.