There has been a lot of bad news in the world of American orchestras over the last few months, cousins.
Here's something that will cheer you up: a story, by Mark Stryker, in the Detroit Free Press about the Detroit Symphony's first post-strike concert: "Wow! "Orchestra Hall has seen its share of electric performances and thunderous applause. But in 16 years of attending concerts at this acoustic miracle on Woodward, I have never heard a volcanic eruption like the one that greeted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians as they took the stage Saturday for their first performance after a six-month strike. "It was less an ovation than a catharsis, a collective expression of the joy and relief felt by 2,000 people, all standing, hooting and hollering as if someone just hit a walk-off home run to win the World Series. The DSO is back. The soul of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the DSO’s first world-class conductor, can rest in peace." More here: http://bit.ly/dZ773c http://www.freep.com/article/20110410/COL17/110410005/Mark-Stryker-DSO-gets-warm-greeting-1st-post-strike-concert-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE --John ****************************** John Edwin Mason, Photography: http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com Charlottesville and Cape Town _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
