BaL 15.09.12 - Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante in B flat

[Tony Halstead]

Voldemort
Voldemort
Voldemort
!!!!!!
IMHO this is OFFENSIVE...
We have here a conductor who is NOT 'into' self-promotion' and whose guiding philosophy is that of 'faithfulness to the score'...
So, WHY all the 'brickbats'?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The name "Voldemort" was introduced by a poster who was supporting the said knight, not by a detractor.

[rkyburz]

The name "Voldemort" was introduced by a poster who was supporting the said knight, not by a detractor.

Absolutely — and I did so only after mentioning Norrington in a supporting statement, whereafter I was warned that mentioning that name might cause me to be beheaded, or locked out, or whatever — in a way that I could not resist drawing an analogy to Harry Potter: by no means did I intend to relate Sir Roger and the-man-whose-name-is-not-to-be-mentioned ....

[hmvman]

I thought this was an excellent BAL and I particularly enjoyed the reviewer giving a bit of historical background to this work, the Concertante genre and Haydn as well.

I first heard this work way back in the late '70s at a concert in the QEH given by the London Bach Orchestra under Martindale Sidwell. I enjoyed it very much and sought a recording and the only one I could find then was by the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joerg Faerber on a Turnabout LP. My overriding memory of that LBO concert all those years ago is of the bass player dropping his bow onto the stage with a clatter during the first movement and the oboist, Tess Miller, red in the face trying hard to stifle laughter for sometime afterwards!