tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post115437610711621076..comments2010-03-19T09:33:24.341ZPliablenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1154641775449777322006-08-03T22:49:35.450+01:002006-08-03T22:49:35.450+01:00Garth, 10/10 for your powers of recognition.<BR/><BR/>Go to photographer <A HREF="http://www.joedilworth.com/ " REL="nofollow">Joe Dilworth's website</A> and click through the Berlin images - yep, it's Potsdamer Platz 1990.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that the symbolism is that this was the meeting point between the Russian, German and English zones of Berlin, representing the soloists in the War Requiem. But what is the star that has obviously been imposed in the foreground of the cover image? I assume it is a Soviet star, but why? Symbolising the missing Russian soloist at the premiere (Vishnevskya), or is the explanation more prosaic, a device to fill a muddy spot of Berlin waste ground?Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1154620648332929932006-08-03T16:57:28.333+01:002006-08-03T16:57:28.333+01:00pliable, thank you very much for assembling this weekly London Proms new music (and old music) highlights guide. I was fascinated to see you highlighting the young Israel born conductor, Ilan Volkov, who will be leading the BBC Scottish Symphony on August 9 -- in a program of Harvey and Schumann.<BR/><BR/>Here in Washington, we will share a small and belated taste of the London Prom's excitment when Ilan Volkov debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra on September 28-30 in a program consisting of the American premiere of the Jonathan Harvey work, as well as the Rach. #4 and Beethoven #3. It is the one concert of the upcoming season that I am most looking forward to attending due to the introduction of a young conducting talent and a major new work by a leading British/Continental composer.<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>On another matter, do you happen to know what city is on the cover of the CD of the LSO under Kurt Masur performing Britten's War Requiem that is the topic of non-discussion over at Sequenza21? My guess is that it might be the cleared Potsdammer Platz near Central Berlin in about 1948, a site which in the 1930s was reported to be the most busy traffic intersection in Europe. However, I can't make out the Brandenburg Gate area on the far left. If this is correct, do you think that it was intentional that the the LSO producers chose an archival photo of the current site of Peter Eisenmann's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe?<BR/><BR/>Can you find the link to your picture of the site today, which you photographed?<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Garth Trinklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00952837886402774649noreply@blogger.com