Yes I know people who go to Shamans rather than the hospital.   They swear
that amateurs are better because they love it.

 

REH

 

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 10:30 AM
To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, , EDUCATION
Subject: [Futurework] The future of great music

 

In these days of the decline of professional orchestras and, more than
likely, a long term economic depression in front of us, it's as well to
remind ourselves that classical (that is, fully developed) music can still
survive in good heart. A long term friend (and customer) of mine, the
president of San Francisco Lyric Chorus, spent two years organizing a
concert in which, Saturday last, one of the greatest choral works of all
time was performed -- Berlioz's Requiem.  It involved over 100 amateur
orchestral players in San Francisco and a larger choir selected from over 30
others in the Bay area and further afield, including 40 singers from New
York. The programme filled San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall and the
performance was described by the San Francisco Chronicle as the
"Mega-Concert of the Year. Or Years."

For those interested, a 1.5-minute snitch of the volunteer orchestra
rehearsing Strauss' Sunrise from Also Sprach Zarathustra (performed in the
first half of the concert) may be seen and heard here:
<http://youtu.be/fS0RsMMvMqY> http://youtu.be/fS0RsMMvMqY 

Keith

  
  



Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com
<http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/> 
  

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