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| re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:27 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) - Delvino 08:57 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
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| I think that, after all the craziness of Act II especially (even with Bernstein's music setting a wonderfully dignified tone throughout), "Garden" is exactly that big, lush, emotionally real moment that we all need. Voltaire be damned - that music really does represent the best of all possible endings. ;-) | |
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| re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) | |
| Posted by: WWriter 04:12 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) - Chromolume 09:27 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
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| I see what you did there! Nice! |
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| re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:30 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) - Chromolume 09:27 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
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| I think you're right. Voltaire ultimately doesn't get the win, Leonard Bernstein does. In my book (too), he gets the last vote. Whenever I see the show, and I've seen every NYC iteration but the first (I was a child), I duly note the roof being taken off. Through my tears. | |
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| re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:36 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Make Our Garden Grow Is One of the Most Beautiful Pieces of Music Ever Written. Just Saying. (nm) - Delvino 09:30 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
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| Yup. And the thing is that it's not just the song itself (which is gorgeous) but it's that arrangement. When they get to the last refrain, and it becomes a cappella, you know something special is happening - all the way through that high C climax on "grow." And then, when the orchestra comes back in for the last line, it just amps the whole thing up even more. So perfect. | |
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