Kevin Sutton ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>It might interest Walter and others to know that VAI has released a
>video of Scherchen preparing the Art of Fugue with a Canadian orchestra.
>(Vancouver, I think).  I saw it at Tower Records in Dallas yesterday.

And Canadian Bravo broadcast it last Saturday.  Compelling tv indeed.
Scherchen has a marvellously expressive and elegant stick technique.
Interesting to see him ticking off an oboist for "fuming" (i.e.  smoking)
during the "repetition".

The more I hear his orchestration of the AoF, the better it sounds.  This
is really quite my favourite version of the work now.

Deryk Barker
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