Derek Lim wrote:
>There's a new period Beethoven 9th by Herreweghe and a French orchestra.
If it's the "Orchestre des Champs-Elysees", I'm afraid it's not exactly
a "French" orchestra: as most of the "HIP" ensembles, it consists of
musicians coming from numerous countries. They don't meet regularly:
when they've chosen a program, they just take the time to rehearse and
then to perform it in various French and European cities.
So why "Champs-Elysees"? Well, they do regularly appear at the
Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris, but it's not more than four or five
times during the season.
Simon Corley
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