I have only had the pleasure of hearing one of the famous orchestras live - IBSmiester

Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Great Orchestras - molechaser 11:42:12 02/10/07 (53)

Re: Great Orchestras and halls - Auricle 12:55:16 02/15/07 (0)

I'm envious and sad - Feanor 03:18:41 02/13/07 (1)

Good things come... - M. Lucky 14:54:35 02/14/07 (0)

I have only had the pleasure of hearing one of the famous orchestras live - IBSmiester 20:00:03 02/12/07 (0)

Todd Krieger is right, M. Lucky is idealistic and Clark loves his locals... - docw 14:21:10 02/12/07 (15)

Clark has heard "his locals" nearly every week for several decades. Clark has not... - clarkjohnsen 12:07:46 02/13/07 (14)

taking pokes? - docw 12:40:27 02/13/07 (13)

"...top band in the land nowadays." Don't put words into my mouth please! nt - clarkjohnsen 12:55:38 02/13/07 (12)

shouldn't the last part of this go outside? nt - docw 14:20:18 02/14/07 (0)

Forget my comment re Clark Johnsen - docw 13:03:36 02/13/07 (10)

No problem, none at all. It's just that... - clarkjohnsen 13:35:52 02/13/07 (9)

I know about those guys,... - docw 14:16:31 02/13/07 (8)

Yeah, those guys. But: Mono?! Ya gotta be kidding! Mono's worse than radio! - clarkjohnsen 09:29:23 02/14/07 (7)

The kind of hypocritical misrepresentation I expect from you. - Rick W 10:16:30 02/14/07 (6)

"You *are* a FULL ass." Lyrics copyright Notional Music. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:43:26 02/14/07 (5)

Boundless hypocrisy from a bounder. - Rick W 11:31:31 02/14/07 (4)

"You have never heard my music." Ah, but I've heard your lyrics. - clarkjohnsen 12:15:13 02/14/07 (3)

Thanks for the re-print. I don't think I should take sole credit though. - Rick W 12:41:38 02/14/07 (2)

I know: let's form the Society for Notional Musicians - markrohr 15:12:41 02/14/07 (1)

Hmm. The amount of $$ I'm making is......notional. Can I still be a member? nt - Rick W 15:32:49 02/14/07 (0)

The silly thing about rating orchestras is ... - M. Lucky 09:13:29 02/12/07 (6)

I sorta did that once - Thornhill 14:18:19 02/12/07 (4)

Lucky doggy! - M. Lucky 16:27:46 02/12/07 (1)

Re: Lucky doggy! - Thornhill 19:09:56 02/12/07 (0)

good point... - docw 14:22:22 02/12/07 (1)

Re: good point... - Thornhill 14:57:36 02/12/07 (0)

Yup and double yup. n/t - hesson11 13:47:12 02/12/07 (0)

The Philadelphia Orchestra use to be good! (nt) - dwill123 14:53:12 02/11/07 (0)

The Bostoners last night under Jimmy gave us Berlioz' Damnation of Faust. - clarkjohnsen 12:56:56 02/11/07 (15)

Judging orchestras by hearing them through a radio?! - Rick W 13:58:00 02/11/07 (14)

Someone's in the thrall of Levine - markrohr 14:30:32 02/11/07 (13)

"...for no reason apparent to me." So: You heard the Berlioz. What was there not to love? - clarkjohnsen 11:34:10 02/12/07 (6)

Re: "...for no reason apparent to me." So: You heard the Berlioz. What was there not to love? - Brian Cheney 15:36:35 02/12/07 (2)

"It seems curious to choose the least-performed Beethoven symphony,.." - clarkjohnsen 10:35:09 02/13/07 (1)

Re: "It seems curious to choose the least-performed Beethoven symphony,.." - Brian Cheney 18:02:30 02/13/07 (0)

"So: You heard the Berlioz." Nope, didn't say that. - markrohr 12:12:19 02/12/07 (2)

"I find him utterly ordinary." Unlike Dyer, Schwartz, Gantz, Medrick, Katz, Eichler and every other Boston critic. - clarkjohnsen 12:30:18 02/12/07 (1)

I don't make judgments, musical or otherwise - markrohr 04:19:22 02/13/07 (0)

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)

Re: Great Orchestras - Thornhill 20:08:11 02/10/07 (1)

Often I've said, On an "on" night any orchestra can be the best in the world. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:13:06 02/11/07 (0)

Re: Great Orchestras - Brian Cheney 17:00:02 02/10/07 (2)

Re: Great Orchestras - andy evans 02:52:02 02/11/07 (0)

Re: Great Orchestras - unclestu52 19:07:24 02/10/07 (0)

Re: Great Orchestras - Todd Krieger 13:24:09 02/10/07 (3)

Re: Great Orchestras - andy evans 13:39:10 02/10/07 (2)

Re: Czech PO and Budapest FO - Logan 18:29:30 02/10/07 (1)

Re: Budapest FO - Thornhill 20:12:30 02/10/07 (0)

Follow Ups

I have only had the pleasure of hearing one of the famous orchestras live - IBSmiester 20:00:03 02/12/07 (0)