tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post112591436266121761..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Cleveland leave a bit of a Missa behind in LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1126007175188140342005-09-06T12:46:00.000+01:002005-09-06T12:46:00.000+01:00Richard Morrison in the Times is a bit more forthr...<A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-1759890,00.html " REL="nofollow">Richard Morrison in the Times</A> is a bit more forthright than me about the Cleveland <I>Missa Solemnis</I><BR/><BR/>He says...<I>"There are many puzzling mysteries about the classical-music business. But one of the weirdest must be the mindset that considers it not just sensible but desirable to fly a very ordinary 150-voice amateur chorus across the Atlantic to sing the Missa Solemnis in a city that already has ten choruses which could sing it better. I hate to be so rude about a visiting ensemble, but to hear a masterpiece of this epic stature reduced to the aural equivalent of mushy peas and suet pudding was, well, disappointing is the most charitable word." </I><BR/><BR/>If there is any lesson to be taken from this rather sorry story it is that the core problem was not a musical one. The core problem was programming and planning, which the management and music director must take the blame for - not the chorus and players.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1125924936892234232005-09-05T13:55:00.000+01:002005-09-05T13:55:00.000+01:00If you don't know it, Franz Welser-Most's recordin...If you don't know it, <A HREF="http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/march99/schmidt.htm" REL="nofollow">Franz Welser-Most's recording of Franz Scmidt's The Book of the Seven Seals</A> with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Choir is strongly recommended.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1125918398379482792005-09-05T12:06:00.000+01:002005-09-05T12:06:00.000+01:00The above was my take on the Cleveland Orchestra's...The above was my take on the Cleveland Orchestra's Proms appearance.<BR/><BR/>For an alternative viewpoint read <A HREF="http://www.wksu.org/classical/eurotrip/" REL="nofollow">WKSU's Mark Urycki reports</A> who says, among other things, about the Proms..."<I> The pay is small, the hall is too big. There are questionable acoustics, no air conditioning, and not enough restrooms.</I> <B>!!!!</B>Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com