tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post116399380362474525..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Rostropovich Conducts Shostakovich?Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1164084383222276012006-11-20T23:46:00.000-05:002006-11-20T23:46:00.000-05:00I am the first to doubt the truth of anything that...I am the first to doubt the truth of anything that comes out of a Russian or an Artistic Administration (anywhere), but I don't doubt the legitimacy of the reasons for Mr. Rostropovich's cancellation. I do, however, doubt - like Garth - that he will be persuaded to come back and 're-schedule' the DSCH festival event. If anything, I don't think (based on believable, if second hand information) jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1164036944378680592006-11-20T10:35:00.000-05:002006-11-20T10:35:00.000-05:00"Delayed for eventual rescheduling" is the officia..."Delayed for eventual rescheduling" is the official line, but I have my doubts....<BR/><BR/>Very sadly, I also have my doubts, given that the center of the classical music universe has fully shifted back to an expanded Europe, after a brief post-WWII period when America appeared to have gained parity in performance and musicology with a then more fragmented Europe.<BR/><BR/>I also believe that Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.com