Roger Hecht wrote:

>...  There were people then, if I recall correctly, who wanted to see
>Davis get the orchestra at the end of Ozawa's contract, whenever that was.
>But again, if I recall correctly, I think there was ill feeling between
>Davis and the BSO when he ended his relationship here.  I don't know why
>or in which direction it went.  (I forget if he was just a guest or an
>"official guest" or what.) I remember him conducting here in the late 70s
>before I came, but I don't recall a single concert with Davis leading the
>BSO since.

C. Davis was in an official position, Permanent Guest Conductor or
something like that.  There was one wonderful concert on a Friday afternoon
when he conducted Berlioz, I think it was a concert performance of Beatrice
and Benedict.  The audience was noisy and Davis stopped, turned to the
audience, and said, (sic) "You really should listen carfully, I doubt
you'll ever hear this music performed so well again in our lifetimes."
Probably right.

By the way, I have more of his recordings with the BSO, than I have with
Ozawa.

"Tom Connor" <[log in to unmask]>