Denis Fodor ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >There's a problem when the program tries to please both the Hatfields and >the McCoys. Webern, sandwiched between Mendelssohn and Haydn, usually >works because Anton is mercifully succinct. Funny you should mention that. On Sunday and Monday the Victoria Symphony's latest programme will be Webern: Symphony Op.21 Schumann: Konzertstuck for 4 horns Brahms: Symphony No.4 Given that Victoria audiences can tend to be on the conservative side - for the Symphony anyway: I once overheard a women complaining that "it was just too modern for me" about Nielsen's flute concerto. We'll see how the Webern fares (written around the same time as the Nielsen IIRC). I should, in defence of my hometown, point out that there is a variety of audiences, and that a few years ago a performance of Boulez' Le Mateau sans Maitre sold out. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]