[Trombone-l] Sibelius Glut

[DAVID FETTER]

Ray,

I think that the choice of repertoire depends on

-- in this case, what music the two guest conductors would like to do, as coordinated with the rest of the particular orchestra's season.

-- the time of year - I find that June is a time for unusual big works that don't sell as well as Beethoven (they did all nine in Baltimore this year).

-- the usual question of repertoire balance throughout each orchestra's season.  (To me, the programs now are assembled more with marketing in mind - a fact of life when money is short.)

I think that these factors make program coordination between the orchestras impractical, while their relationship as competitors is strong enough to prevent coordination, even if it were practical.  The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra moved into the National Symphony Orchestra home market a few years ago with a strong series of concerts in a new hall, the Strathmore Center, in the NW suburbs of Washington, so this is a serious matter.  

I don't know if the Strathmore concerts have hurt ticket sales in the NSO Kennedy Center concerts.  Surely they look closely at each other's programming.

David Fetter
Conservatory Trombone Faculty Member
Peabody Institute
(Baltimore Symphony 1970-1986)
1 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
410 659-8100, ext. 1254; fax 410 783-8562
home 410 889-2277, cell 443 691-2686
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Horton <rayhorton at insightbb.com>
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008 6:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Another Sibelius Seventh
To: DAVID FETTER <davidf at peabody.jhu.edu>
Cc: trombone-l <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>


> That's interesting, Dave.  Good for trombonists and Sibelius fans, in 
> 
>  this case, of course, but is there no effort to coordinate programs 
>  between those tow geographically close orchestras? 
>  
>  Just curious.
>  
>  Ray Horton
>  Bass Trombone
>  Louisville Orchestra
>  
>  DAVID FETTER wrote:
>  > In a strange turn of fate, there is a second set of performances of 
> the Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in the Baltimore/Washington area, this 
> just two weeks after the National Symphony, this time by the Baltimore 
> Symphony Orchestra.
>  >
>  > They will be June 12 and 13, Thursday and Friday, at 8:00 p.m. and 
> June 15, Sunday, at 3:00 p.m. at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in 
> Baltimore. 
>  >
>  > This program will also be performed at the Strathmore Center in 
> North Rockville, Maryland, in the northern suburbs of Washington, 
> D.C., on Saturday, June 14, at 8:00 p.m.
>  >
>  > Chris Dudley is the Principal Trombone.
>  >
>  > The program:
>  >
>  > Thomas Dausgaard, conductor 
>  > Barry Douglas, piano 
>  > Rachmaninoff -  Piano Concerto No. 3
>  > Sibelius -  En Saga 
>  > Sibelius -  Symphony No. 7
>  >
>  > See bsomusic.org
>  >
>  > David Fetter
>  > Conservatory Trombone Faculty Member
>  > Peabody Institute
>  > 1 East Mount Vernon Place
>  > Baltimore, MD 21202
>  > 410 659-8100, ext. 1254; fax 410 783-8562
>  > home 410 889-2277, cell 443 691-2686
>  > web page:  www.peabody.jhu.edu/DavidFetter
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