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


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Posted by Rick Denney on July 02, 2003 at 09:36:41:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "How to Kill Orchestras" - NY Times posted by Doug on July 01, 2003 at 20:12:34:

It seems to me that each concert program should include one tune specifically designed to bring in new listeners, and one tune designed to stretch experienced listeners. By "stretching", though, I don't mean stuff that only a composition student in a conservatory could appreciate. I'd award bonus points for tunes that do both.

The other half of the concert could be the greatest hits.

Thus, a program that would have broad appeal would be: Batman Suite, Harmonielehre, and Mahler's 5th. Or Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Sensemaya, and the Emperor Concerto played by a famous soloist.

Bruckner takes a lot of musical maturity--probably more than, say, Reich's The Desert Music.

Some people would call this selling out. Frankly, I don't understand that. If a concert sells tickets, then selling is just what they should be doing. Would that more concerts were sold out.

Rick "intending the double entendre" Denney


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