While reading today's postings on this thread, I was reminded of
a segment of an episode on the TV drama "Homicide".  A seasoned and
dedicated homicide detective and his younger partner are having little
luck in solving a hommicide case, and the young partner is emtionally
ready to give up the ship.  The older detective looks the young one in
the eyes and states, "We speak for the victims".  In a similar fashion,
a performing artist could say to another one, "We speak for the dead
composer".  To me, this indicates that the best I, as a listener, can
expect is that performers try to represent the meaning and spirit of the
composer's music.  Repeats are but one aspect of this larger issue, and I
consider it rather myopic to place a great deal of priority on this one
feature.

Don Satz
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