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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]>
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