tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-73088910306269732332007-06-07T08:43:00.000+01:002007-06-07T08:43:00.000+01:00When a musician makes a provocative statement it is the role of a discussion forum to debate it, not ignore it.<BR/><BR/>As I said before Sakari Oramo's credentials as a conductor, an Elgarian, and a champion of British music have not been questioned here.<BR/><BR/>But MV Overchurch, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Mr Oramo himself are going to have to accept that making the comments he did in a newspaper article promoting his concert of Elgar was a mistake.<BR/><BR/>The medium he chose to publish in is commonly used <A HREF="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2006/11/classical-music-and-paid-for-media.html" REL="nofollow">for spin</A> by self-interested parties. <BR/><BR/>His comments were not inclusive. He failed to mention <A HREF="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2007/05/elgar-first-of-new.html" REL="nofollow">a very different take</A> on Elgar by another English conductor, he failed to highlight Boult's more urgent (and more difficult to find) Elgar interpretations such as the 1944 Second Symphony (LP ED 2903551), and failed to highlight ruinously slow Elgar interpretations by non-English conductors such as Bernstein.<BR/><BR/>It may, or may not, have been intentional. But the lesson for Mr Oramo and the CBSO is if you play with fire don't complain if you get burnt.<BR/><BR/>Let's move on to another topic now please.Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com