Quatar Philharmonic, would you believe...
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| Posted on September 12, 2014 at 12:04:16 | ||
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Here's a country with a total population of 1.8 million - 278,000 Qatari citizens and 1.5 million expatriates. So of course they need a Philharmonic orchestra. And it was on the BBC Proms tonight with it's babe conductor Han-Na Chang. A young orchestra, and pretty enthusiastic by the look of it. Not bad at all. Plenty of energy in the 1st mov. of Rach 2 with Denis Matsuev, and that got a clap. They don't really do poetry, so the slow movement didn't really happen but they were back with the energy in the finale. The thing that worries me is what on earth happens to all the instruments in the heat. Must be a nightmare for the strings. Maybe the hottest orchestra on earth?
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| RE: Quatar Philharmonic, would you believe..., posted on September 12, 2014 at 15:08:54 | |
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Han-Na Chang resigned from that post.
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| RE: Quatar Philharmonic, would you believe..., posted on September 12, 2014 at 19:34:47 | |
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Qatar- nice place. Thanks! for sharing.
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