Talk:Carl Vine

Vine and Mahler
I've just been listening to Vine interviewed by Margaret Throsby. He made the truly astonishing (to me) statement that the first time he had ever heard a single note of Gustav Mahler's music was last year (2008). They talked about his friendship with Stuart Challender, a Mahler specialist, and how Challender had tried, and failed, to get him interested enough to at least hear what Mahler had to offer. (Challender died 18 years ago!) I can understand some people not caring for Mahler's music, but at least they've listened to it enough to form an opinion. Vine has now written 7 symphonies, but how can it be that a person who's never heard any music by arguably the greatest symphonist of all can possibly hope to understand what symphonies are all about? How can a person who has presented programs on the development of 20th century music have so completely avoided this central figure in 20th century music for so long? -- JackofOz (talk) 03:48, 29 April 2009 (UTC)