tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post3985600702894291630..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Ionarts at Large: Schnittke & Tchaikovsky with Thielemann & KremerCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-11791863317502900972008-11-13T17:20:00.000-05:002008-11-13T17:20:00.000-05:00As you say, Maazel (interesting - a few years late...As you say, Maazel (interesting - a few years later he would take over the BRSO) and Levine, neither of which are quite as good conductors or as well suited to the MPhil as Thielemann, have their local NY pull, with visitors interested in what they'd do with their "2nd Tier European Orchestra" [which is what the MPhil was thought of as, at the time and still very recently... and probably still, jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-32312001534768602008-11-13T12:55:00.000-05:002008-11-13T12:55:00.000-05:00Still, when they toured the US - in 1985 with Maaz...Still, when they toured the US - in 1985 with Maazel, in 1989 with Celibidache, and in 2002 with Levine - Carnegie Hall was full. Of course, it was the reputation of the conductors and sadly Thielemann's career is mostly based in Europe, a great Frau Ohne Schatten a few years back at the Met notwithstanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-31329604947610734522008-11-13T12:44:00.000-05:002008-11-13T12:44:00.000-05:00Perhaps a pleading e-mail to Neale Perl at WPAS is...Perhaps a pleading e-mail to Neale Perl at WPAS is in order? But, as you say, now is hardly the time to expect WPAS to go with an unknown quantity for American audiences.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-61326339622912950822008-11-13T11:31:00.000-05:002008-11-13T11:31:00.000-05:00I don't think the MuPhil has the reputation on thi...I don't think the MuPhil has the reputation on this side of the Atlantic necessary to easily fill concert halls... <BR/><BR/>Which is a pity, because they are one of the very few orchestras that have a recognizable, 'old-European' sound -- in a way I've only found the Concertgebouw, Dresden (not under Luisi, sadly), and Leipzig to have. They have a cult following in Asia, esp. Japan, so far, but jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-54987914841191741542008-11-12T16:20:00.000-05:002008-11-12T16:20:00.000-05:00Will Thielemann and the Munich Philharmonic ever t...Will Thielemann and the Munich Philharmonic ever tour USA? They appear every season at Musikverein in Vienna.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com