Dully Awarded

[gleodream]

My parents had their 30th anniversary recently, and I gave them tickets to a concert that I knew would be right up their alley: violin and piano playing Bach, Debussy, and Franck. This concert took place a week ago Thursday (on 29 January), and when they wrote to tell me that they'd really enjoyed it, my mom also related to me their exchange with a

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[o_susannah]

Wow. That's pretty amazing. "Dully awarded" is my favorite part as well, but it was hard to pick a favorite. I like the image of the pianist being electrocuted, and I also liked this paragraph: "A sharp contrast in what the audience heard and what the audience was about to hear began when the piano would somberly move along with the low strings of the violin. The piece reflected the musicians' diversity as artists, as well as humans."

[mediaevalrose]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
That's
amazing......
I can't decide whether to judge her or to feel sorry for her....

[my_tw0_cents]

JUDGE HER. I am >:)

I vote judge.

[kellyireland05]

"Do you have any writing experience to help you evaluate this performance?" "Yes, I read Captain Underpants in elementary school!" Why use expressive words when you have verbs like "was" and "are" and nouns like "sound" and "sound." Did I mention "sound?"

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Sound.

[thesaltytroll]

Holy crap. Or rather, what a piece of crap! An offense to music lovers and lovers of the English language alike!

[toft_froggy]

Oh my gosh. That review is mind-boggling. "the musicians' diversity as artists, as well as humans." Wow. Thank you for that. Do you mind if I link to that on my LJ?

[gleodream]

Go right ahead!

[aglaeca]

"Salerno-Sonnenberg's fingers moved with precession and speed, while McDermott's fingers seemed to jump off the piano keys as if electrocuted by the vibrant sounds of the piano."

It also seems she thinks the musicians were the ones who wrote the music. It's the written equivalent of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no