Posted by Barry Guerrero on January 21, 2002 at 03:04:05:
In Reply to: civic orchestra cut low brass posted by sam on January 18, 2002 at 15:48:46:
Because of a close friend who comes from Chicago, I happen to know a bit of the history on all of this. I'm not at liberty to discuss it in the open, but I can tell you that the problems and changes started clear back in the late Solti era. Things were not like this when Gordon Peters had the Civic - I've heard the tapes. If you really feel that you need to know more (it's not that interesting), I will discuss what I do know privately. Please don't flame me (oh, go ahead), as I'm really not on a, "neener, neener, neener - I know more than you" type of trip at all. I just want to emphasize that these kinds of changes started long ago.
Barry Guerrero