tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post117264343182397059..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: New Main Maestro in Philadelphia while the NSO Keeps Looking.Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-78280189618153138842007-10-18T21:48:00.000-05:002007-10-18T21:48:00.000-05:00The NSO actually wanted Conlon and discussed a con...The NSO actually wanted Conlon and discussed a contract, and it didn't work out? I'm going to cry now...Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-72502601001865337612007-10-18T16:10:00.000-05:002007-10-18T16:10:00.000-05:00...at any rate, NSO and Conlon never could agree o......at any rate, NSO and Conlon never could agree on the terms of the contract (so I am told) - and hence he shan't come (though would, apparently, have been one of the first choices).jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1172704016311183662007-02-28T18:06:00.000-05:002007-02-28T18:06:00.000-05:00Still the same Zip-code. I am not saying that Fisc...Still the same Zip-code. I am not saying that Fischer is not talented or that we are lucky in having him provide DC with much needed new repertoire or not-so-new repertoire well-done. (Not that Hubay, Goldmark, or Satie among the composers we really would want to listen to, very much; Enescu and Benda, Kodaly and Blacher more likely.)<BR/><BR/>I am not qualified to remark on whether he is or jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1172687198386334212007-02-28T13:26:00.000-05:002007-02-28T13:26:00.000-05:00But Fischer does care about 20th century and negle...But Fischer does care about 20th century and neglected repertoire. Ever heard of Enescu, Dohnanyi, Cerha, Kozeluch, Goldmark, Hubay, Benda, Satie? I would love to have Fischer here and he's a much, much better conductor that Conlon. And besides he prooved that he knows how to build an orchestra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com