tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post548004256210562219..comments2023-05-27T07:47:26.610-05:00Comments on Bass Blog: Week 36Michael Hovnanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-47529182848475291792008-05-31T11:11:00.000-05:002008-05-31T11:11:00.000-05:00We just had a performance of "The Four Seasons" he...We just had a performance of "The Four Seasons" here last night, 300 or so miles south-by-southwest of the first unnamed city. A little rough and ready, but the idea was to give a more "popular" themed concert to try to appeal to newbies to the symphony hall. The orchestra's new prez said in his intro that about 30% of the ticketgoers last night had never been to a symphony concert there before. Plus, each concerto had a member of the orchestra as soloist, rather than one violinist soloing in all 4.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688490063600488617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-58241335899534499082008-05-28T17:00:00.000-05:002008-05-28T17:00:00.000-05:00Wasn't Mendelssohn German?Wasn't Mendelssohn German?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367901003659994894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-75752784590288820132008-05-26T17:14:00.000-05:002008-05-26T17:14:00.000-05:00I've never even heard of those last three.I've never even heard of those last three.Michael Hovnanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-23197582313755534652008-05-26T15:23:00.000-05:002008-05-26T15:23:00.000-05:00The Seasons may be a warhorse, but not in these pa...The Seasons may be a warhorse, but not in these parts. I don't believe I've ever played it in a certain unspecified midwest orchestra. We need to redefine what Mr. Hovnanian felicitously calls "war-horse-ishness." In Mr. Hovnanian's band, Mahler 6 is a warhorse, as is Boulez' "Notations", and Bruckner's 4th. But Mendelssohn's "Italian", the Franck d Minor and "Les Preludes" are not.nocynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998727400312237867noreply@blogger.com