The symphony announces 2007-08 season
Here's the news about the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's programming and guest soloists for next year. What do you think about the lineup? Let me know!
posted by Janelle Gelfand at 10:02 AM
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Post a Comment*I like that the orchestra puts out a lot of young, but very good, unknown talent. They probably do it more for financial savings than for the idea of giving younger soloists an opportunity, but it's still nice to see.
Bravo Paavo for giving us more Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart. The programs are definitely much better balanced than this year. I think you'll see more butts in the seats with so much classic repertoire.
Now for the complaints. Why Penderecki? Why 3 concertos that were already done this season? Why not more big name conductors?
But these questions seem to be questions that we can ask for every season.
I couldn't agree more on doing more works (new and old) by living composers. I hope there are more in the future.
I'm already looking forward to john Adams conducting "On the Transmigration of Soouls". "Standing Stone" by Paul McCartney would be an ideal candidate to be considered in the future. How about some things by Joseph Curiale, Peter Boyer, or Michael Torke? They are young, American, and alive !!!!
Steve Deiters
There are many very good reasons why Paul McCartney's "classical music" is not in any major orchestra's repertoire. And it should stay that way.
The biggest problem I see with the programming is repetition. I have lived in Cincinnati for 3 full seasons, and next year, I count six large works and seven concertos that have been performed in the previous three seasons. If you consider that those six large works are the headlining pieces for six weeks, that's actually a fair chunk of the schedule if you throw out weekends off or Pops weekends. Or to put it another way, it's nearly equal to half the number of weeks Paavo conducts.
With the concertos, I understand that certain works are big draws and are the best showpieces for the prominent solos the orchestra brings in. But how can we be content hearing three that are already on on this season's schedule? Is it intentional that we should compare Janine Jansen to Hilary Hahn in Britten's Violin Concerto, just a little more than a year later? Do we have to hear at least three giant Romantic violin concertos each season (Beethoven, Bruch, Tchaikovsky)?
I am extremely impressed with the John Adams week and the sprinkling of contemporary pieces throughout the year. The CSO is still more progressive than many leading orchestras. In all likelihood, though, most of those pieces will be lost in the mix, as headlining pieces remain the same. To me, this is a regression from the current season in terms of presenting unfamiliar works. The problems I see in the schedule will likely manifest themselves in the marketing for the season. How can anyone be expected to articulate a clear direction for the orchestra with this current offering?
Boris Berezovsky is not to be missed! He's a marvel on par with Marc-Andre Hamelin (who would certainly be a wonderful guest to bring to the 'Nati--where's he been?!) I agree that the repetition of concerti and big works is troublesome--there's a lot more even "standard" repertoire than what the CSO programs.
I hope Paavo hangs in for a few more years--he's been good for the orchestra. Musically he's so sharp (occasionally he make a personnel gaff like he did last week when he failed to acknowledge the tenor saxophonist in Prokofiev Kije Suite -UNBELIEVABLE--the biggest solo part didn't get a solo bow two nights in a row and every other soloist in the piece did!!!) Anyway, we're lucky to have such a fine orchestra in this city!
That would be alto sax, I believe.
Joseph Curiale music should definitely be high priority for consideration for programming modern day works. "Awakening" and "The Music of Life" are absolutely beautiful.
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