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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: LA Phil best paid! posted by docw on July 21, 2015 at 18:43:42:
I personally think the LAPO hit its virtuosic peak when Carlo Maria Giulini was music director..... It occasionally put out world class performances during that time, often with Schumann, Beethoven, and modern Russian works..... (Of the current American orchestras, I'd put only Muti/Chicago above Giulini/LAPO.) But it was downhill after Giulini left.
I think Gustavo Dudamel's drawing power and Los Angeles as a major media hub are mainly responsible for the high pay. I don't see Dudamel as an "orchestra builder", but give it a few more years. The few recent performances I've seen the LAPO in video broadcast (regardless of conductor) haven't inspired me that much. (I've been impressed with Dudamel conducting other orchestras, most notably Berlin.) The Disney Hall audiences have been Gawd-awful in how they applaud between movements. The Dudamel Beethoven Ninth on YouTube is merely an example. I've seen this in other concerts. It seems like the rule there, rather than the exception.
I think the LAPO's biggest issue, as what others have mentioned, has been personnel turnover..... It's hard for any orchestra to get a cohesiveness and "sound" with players constantly bolting elsewhere.
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