Re: Re: Re: Re: "How to Kill Orchestras" - NY Times


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Posted by js on July 01, 2003 at 16:36:15:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: "How to Kill Orchestras" - NY Times posted by Doug on July 01, 2003 at 16:21:08:

Ya know, when most (famous) musicians play concerts, they play their HITS.

Orchestras try to NOT repeat stuff for several years, and avoid playing many HITS.

Once or twice a year, REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION SERIES need to include stuff that many music directors consider "trite" or "banal". They need to remember that the first 50 - 100 times they heard those pieces, they themselves were bowled-over by them.

Let new generations hear the HITS, rather than avoiding playing them because they are banal to the players.


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