Jonathan Ellis ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I wonder why the SFS has decided to play Mahler's Fifth in the
>Concertgebouw - which is, of course, the home ground of Chailly.  Those who
>have read about my recent conversion will understand if I feel rather
>reticent about the advisability of such a choice.
>
>Conquest? More like coals to Liverpool.

Well the Concertgebouw (hall and orchestra) certainly have the track
record, but I think that, with the zeal of the newly-converted, you are
overestimating Chailly's stature as a Mahlerian which, IMHO, is good but
not great.

Deryk Barker
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