PJ and CSO Get Another Moment in the NY Sun
Fred Kirshnit of The New York Sun makes mention (albeit a brief one!) of Paavo and the Cincinnati Symphony in his article The Sound of the Danube (March 8, 2005). (Registration required)
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"Recently in Vienna, I took a cab from the airport to my hotel on the Margaretenstrasse, where the first performance of The Magic Flute took place. Along the way, we passed many remarkable sights, but the only one which the driver, who had no idea that I might be musically inclined, pointed out was the magnificently illuminated opera house. The Viennese are extremely proud of this structure and view it as the center of their cultural universe.
"This remarkable building is home to the best opera orchestra in Europe. In fact the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and our own Metropolitan ensemble establish the worldwide standard of excellence within the pit. But when the personnel at the opera house take the short stroll from the Ringstrasse to the Musikverein to change into the Vienna Philharmonic, the transformation is as radical as that of Clark Kent to Superman.
"This change is a lot more complex than, say, the Cincinnati Symphony performing classical music at Carnegie Hall on a Monday night under Paavo Jarvi and then donning their white jackets to become the Cincinnati Pops with Erich Kunzel the next. In Vienna, the musicians must change something much more elemental than their clothes: They must adopt the mindset of management as well as that of labor."...
Excerpt
"Recently in Vienna, I took a cab from the airport to my hotel on the Margaretenstrasse, where the first performance of The Magic Flute took place. Along the way, we passed many remarkable sights, but the only one which the driver, who had no idea that I might be musically inclined, pointed out was the magnificently illuminated opera house. The Viennese are extremely proud of this structure and view it as the center of their cultural universe.
"This remarkable building is home to the best opera orchestra in Europe. In fact the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and our own Metropolitan ensemble establish the worldwide standard of excellence within the pit. But when the personnel at the opera house take the short stroll from the Ringstrasse to the Musikverein to change into the Vienna Philharmonic, the transformation is as radical as that of Clark Kent to Superman.
"This change is a lot more complex than, say, the Cincinnati Symphony performing classical music at Carnegie Hall on a Monday night under Paavo Jarvi and then donning their white jackets to become the Cincinnati Pops with Erich Kunzel the next. In Vienna, the musicians must change something much more elemental than their clothes: They must adopt the mindset of management as well as that of labor."...
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