Julia Werthimer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>... Orchestras get jaded when they play a piece too often; I am sure
>hearing students wrestling with the Eroica for the first time would be
>exciting. But any reputable orchestra must have played the Beethoven
>symphonies times without number. It is the same in the opera house:
>going through "Boheme" or "Traviata" for the umpteenth time can make an
>orchestra sound very dispirited; but give it the opportunity to play
>"Wozzeck" or Prokoviev's "Fiery Angel" and the sparks really fly.
Again I can't entirely agree. I have heard professional orchestras
evidently so pleased to play something like Beethoven 5 that it fairly
sizzled.
Deryk Barker
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