In Reply to: Someone's in the thrall of Levine posted by markrohr on February 11, 2007 at 14:30:32:
I guess there are always problems for new conductors/musical directors who take over after a less than stellar predecessor has had sway over an orchestra for a while.The whole concept of ranking orchestras seems really tough to me. Who -- other than possibly touring soloists and conductors -- gets to hear a variety of music played by even 10 orchestras in a variety of halls over, say, a three year span? How else could informed judgements be made?
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- I haven't heard the BSO in many years, but..... - Rick W 14:49:49 02/11/07 (5)
- Re: I haven't heard the BSO in many years, but..... - Todd Krieger 01:43:47 02/12/07 (3)
- Maybe so, but this was about *ranking* orchestras. nt - Rick W 14:59:30 02/12/07 (0)
- attaboy, Todd K---go, go, go - docw 12:38:58 02/12/07 (0)
- "The digitization of music has stunted our ability..." Indeed! The CD (untreated) makes it almost impossible... - clarkjohnsen 11:23:20 02/12/07 (1)
- They can't be, given the classical music business today. - rbolaw 16:22:33 02/11/07 (0)