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...seems that Jonathan Hanover brought the wrong mindset and pair of ears to the March 19 Mozart Society Orchestra concert (“Bartosik Shines in MSO,” Arts, Mar. 21). While I appreciate his abilities to discern intonation and ensemble problems, the relentless disparaging of the orchestra’s performance was not only unrepresentative of the evening but also undermined individual musicians’ hard work and the entire ensemble’s pride in the organization. The MSO provided a powerful and exciting performance of a very substantial program. There were technical problems...
...Angeles has the Disney Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, and of course it's become a huge thing. But in smaller towns and a lot of them in the South--Little Rock, Huntsville, Baton Rouge--there are wonderful halls and great orchestras. It requires a huge investment for a community to say, We want a world-class orchestra, and we're willing to pay for it. And I particularly enjoy playing those places...
WHICH SECTION OF AN ORCHESTRA IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE MOST EGOMANIACS...
...diplomatic, I'll tell you the most fun sections are percussion, lower brass and bass players. They all seem to have good senses of humor and love life. They're sitting in the back of the orchestra, they check out the conductor, the audience. They usually have lots of time to make jokes...
Since the program listed the orchestra as performing the third piece of the evening (Schumann’s “Symphony No. 3”) without Bartosik, audience members might have expected disaster, but the orchestra seemed to have improved their performance level significantly by the time they played this piece. The opening was strong and bold, and despite a few errors in both the strings and winds, the orchestra remained together and on key through most of the symphony...