Siroccos, Gremlins and Brahms
January 23rd, 2010 by David H. Thomas
Tonight’s Columbus Symphony concert went well.
The difficult passages in the Sierra “Fandangos” were, as I expected, mostly for “effect”, meaning the notes themselves didn’t matter as much as the shape and volume of the passage. Delfs used the word “Sirocco” to describe the blurs of loud runs. A Sirocco is a “hot or warm wind [...]