{"id":368,"date":"2019-03-26T07:57:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2019-03-26T07:59:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:59:26","slug":"gusto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/26\/gusto\/","title":{"rendered":"Gusto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spring has sprung! I&#8217;m spending mornings with the balcony door open and feeling the itch to plot this year&#8217;s garden  &#8212; along with a number of other allergy-related itches due to the neighborhood trees, but everybody&#8217;s got to live. And I&#8217;ve got to the point in preparing the ebook document where the light at the end of the tunnel looks less like an oncoming train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignright wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZagsLrNzg3I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So while I&#8217;m slogging through the last tedious bits of work, I give you two pieces of music <em>pour s&#8217;amuser<\/em>. One is a fascinating piece by a traditional Japanese drum ensemble, which I could watch over and over. One of the first things I noticed was that these young people played the entire piece while sustaining a lunge. Could I sustain a lunge for ten minutes straight? I doubt it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignleft wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jtj300j129k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other is a piece I have long delighted in, ever since I heard it when it was being used as the postlude for ordinations at the cathedral. This is pretty great, but you really haven&#8217;t heard this piece till you&#8217;ve heard it in person in a resonant space. If I wanted to heckle Michael Stern at the Kansas City Symphony, I wouldn&#8217;t call for &#8220;Free Bird,&#8221; I&#8217;d call for somebody to get up in the organ loft and play the Widor Toccata. Every time I&#8217;m at the Kauffman I keep hoping the program will put that organ to use, but it rarely happens, alas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gusto is the thing. Sometimes I think it&#8217;s the whole point of music: if you have gusto and don&#8217;t know what to do with it, I say fire up one of these babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now to await the first thunderstorm of the spring, when I will blast the &#8220;Dona nobis pacem&#8221; from the Bach Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring has sprung! 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