tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post6343059251103091051..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Side Notes: Marin Alsop A Nova Regente em São PauloCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-31351577242008894902011-02-16T06:55:54.683-05:002011-02-16T06:55:54.683-05:00What you say sounds very likely (except I'm pr...What you say sounds very likely (except I'm pretty sure it was K.Jaervi, not P.Jaervi who was asked) and fits with whatever impressions I may have gathered when down there. My money was on C.P.Flor, actually... but that evidently didn't materialize.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-34589005981850081702011-02-15T20:02:57.440-05:002011-02-15T20:02:57.440-05:00Well founded reports say that the orchestra's ...Well founded reports say that the orchestra's top choices this go round were Tilson Thomas, Osmo Vanska, and P. Jarvi. All turned it down. Management offered it to Alsop at that point without consulting the players fully. She had only conducted there one week in September, with a very mixed reaction from the musicians. The players are irked and not pleased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-41863455349403134962011-02-15T17:22:49.031-05:002011-02-15T17:22:49.031-05:00Apparently Neschling made political mistakes; star...Apparently Neschling made political mistakes; started attacking the hands that had fed him... was caught on camera (by a player) chewing out Governor Jose Serra. Shortly thereafter, he was gone. He had, at that point, become a little carried away in general (players from the orchestra told me: gotten illusions of grandeur), sloppy in his preparation... increasingly authoritarian... in short: jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-80590063850821102912011-02-15T15:38:51.538-05:002011-02-15T15:38:51.538-05:00So what was exactly the reason why John Neschling ...So what was exactly the reason why John Neschling was dismissed? His partnership with the orchestra was a strong one; in fact, he's the one who built it - although his predecessor, Eleazar de Carvalho, was no slouch either.<br /><br />Was this another instance of the board wanting too much control?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com