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In Reply to: RE: New Mexico Philharmonic.... Nov. 12 2016 posted by Todd Krieger on November 14, 2016 at 17:54:36
Somehow, my wife got the idea that Jennifer Frautschi was full of herself, based on a feature about her on the television program, "Breakfast with the Arts" (back in the days when A&E actually featured, you know, ARTS programming - I guess that the current "intervention" type programming they feature now gets greater audience share and makes the station more profitable - yeay!). But I digress. . .
I suspect that your notice of similarities of the NM players to the great players in the Cleveland Orchestra is right on. My own opinion is that players have gotten so good today, that the "great" names of the past might not have stood out so much if they were in today's environment.
Glad you enjoyed it! Madeline and I have really enjoyed Albuquerque ourselves the couple of times we've been there, although we haven't been there for a long time and did not attend any concerts there. Do you know if the "High Noon" restaurant is still there? Back in the day, we thought it had great food, and the acoustic guitarist who played there was really good in our opinion.
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The hassle of working away from my home town (Glendale, AZ) has worn me out..... I rarely have time to eat out during the week. I eat at Il Vicino on occasion, only because it's directly off Alameda.
My stay in Albuquerque should be temporary.... I hope to enjoy the systems again sometime in December. But the classical community here is far better than that in Arizona.
hey, was just at Omni at Montelucia for a Mayo Clinic course.
Your town reminded us of Palm Desert with some heavy commute traffic, but it's very good and pristine.
been interacting as you know with pbarach about the Uchida/Cleveland Mozart (9 and 21, specifically). Wonder if Chris is correct, but our mutual friend indicates the orchestra sounds more gentle at least in classical period music.
The Cleveland Orchestra does sound "gentle"..... But at the expense of articulation and "explosiveness".... I've called the sound "dainty" myself.A great example of this is the Welser Most performance of Brahms' "Academic Festival" Overture at the Proms...... It's a nice performance, but I'd rather be plastered to the back wall, if you will. (There's also a recent NHK/Blomstedt performance, audio only.)
Edits: 11/21/16
Agree with gentler attacks. Saw an interview of Franz during the same Proms describing what he wants and he's getting it. The Brahms Symphony 1 was superb with a gentler approach (I kept straining to hear more aggressiveness).
did you read, "straining to hear"?
It got a bit boring due to Franz' approach.
Disagree about the Brahms 1... The Welser performance was boring to my ears.
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