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]>