Originally posted by Flosshilde
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Some of these are very, very sour too! I think it's inevitable, given his record in Birmingham, that people are getting worked up about the prospect of him doing the same for little London. Everyone will want to be in on the act: How I Helped To Make It Happen. Don't blame SDR - he also has a good record on supporting music education.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
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So does Nicola Benedetti, & many others - don't hear quite so much fuss being made of them, though.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
Don't be an arse
I conducted an orchestra today
that doesn't make the sun shine out of mine
or mean that moronic politicians will stop destroying music education
Even though I have a lot of time for Simon and the work he does I think the idea that somehow his magic wand will make everything better is nonsense
IT WON'T
On the train back to Birmingham this evening (I hear there is a concert hall here ?) I was reading in the Standard how its a great thing for the UK blah blah blah
At this rate there won't be any music education for him to support by the time he gets "back"
apart from the fact that he isn't really "coming back" just popping over for a few gigs.
as is often the case Jon Savage's comments are worth reading with reference to music education
I'm pleased he is coming back to the UK. But I'm struggling to understand how this will revitalise music education. Perhaps a new concert hall for London will be a good thing, but it might come at a time when music education has seen its funding slashed from Government and Local Authority sources. It represents a curious set of priorities in the long run.
Rattle's lauding of El Sistema is also coming apart pretty quickly too given Geoff Baker's recent findings in his book: http://www.musiceducationuk.com/all-...onathan-savageLast edited by MrGongGong; 03-03-15, 21:56.Comment
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As one who saw Rattle many times in Birmingham I'm very pleased at today's news. He makes it clear that he is in this for the long term so no flying in five minutes before curtain up on no rehearsal a la Gergiev. My feeling for some time was that Rattle felt stifled in Berlin from doing what he really wanted as he did in Birmingham. Many in Birmingham felt that if Rattle performed a contemporary work then it was worth listening to so people flocked to Symphony Hall because they trusted him. This was music education in action!
Yes, London is years behind but having seen the effect in Birmingham that might all be about to change.
As Rattle expects this to be his last appointment and seeing as we are the same age, I suppose he will be the last LSO Principal Conductor I'm likely to see."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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But you don't hear people putting them down for what they do either. No point in blaming Rattle for the amount of fuss other people make over him, that's all I was saying.Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Having found much of Sir Simons work in Berlin a disappointment I can't say I'm that excited by the appointment. I guess there will be some superb individual nights combined with the normal run of Rattle party pieces most of which to my ears he conducts with decreasing authority. The recent Mahler 2 would be an example.Comment
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I wonder if that would work with say,oooh off the top of my head...Weinberg or,as TS suggests, Simpson ?Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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Dreadful news! Get ready for the LSO having the same done to it as the BPO. "Music with a shine and sharpness but empty""Perfection is not attainable,but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence"Comment
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What else there now.....?Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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Quite!Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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An interesting piece in today's Guradian from a horn player in the BPO on working with Rattle
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Nice and original tribute trypo!Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
An unexpected touch of the Armenian 
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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