At the Town Hall
Meeting after-party in the foyer
Thursday night, I was happy to see an SLSO fan going over the 2010-11 season calendar and making many happy
sounds. "You're doing the
Schubert Mass [No. 6]!" And then, "What's
Leonard [Slatkin] conducting?" He found the
Thanksgiving Weekend dates. "Oh, Prokofiev Five will be good. Olga Kern!
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody! And they haven't played Arvo Pärt in years. That's a
great program." He turned a few more pages, "I remember when Robertson
conducted Mahler 'Resurrection' when Semkow cancelled. It was fantastic!" And
so on.
Friday morning was the
first Beethoven Festival concert. Following the
riveting Violin Concerto, with the brilliant
Christian Tetzlaff, my friend turned to me and said, "Hearing that almost
brought back my faith in humanity."
