Kevin Sutton ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >It might interest Walter and others to know that VAI has released a >video of Scherchen preparing the Art of Fugue with a Canadian orchestra. >(Vancouver, I think). I saw it at Tower Records in Dallas yesterday. And Canadian Bravo broadcast it last Saturday. Compelling tv indeed. Scherchen has a marvellously expressive and elegant stick technique. Interesting to see him ticking off an oboist for "fuming" (i.e. smoking) during the "repetition". The more I hear his orchestration of the AoF, the better it sounds. This is really quite my favourite version of the work now. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]