Week 35
Here we go again… HAYDN Symphony No. 101 (The Clock) INTERMISSION SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4 Bernard Haitink, conductor RAVEL Menuet antique LIEBERSON Neruda Songs INTERMISSION MAHLER Symphony No. 1 Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Bernard Haitink, conductor Monday off Tuesday 7:30 concert (Haydn/Shostakovich) Wednesday travel to New York Thursday 12-2:30 rehearsal 8 concert Friday 11-1:30 rehearsal 8 concert Saturday travel to [the city where we live] Sunday off Yes, we are in New York again, I guess because each of our conductors gets a separate tour. With two music director surrogates, the orchestra is comparable to the child with a pair of elderly doting uncles, each offering a clandestine trip to the corner ice-cream parlor. The child of course would say nothing, aiming a conspiratorial wink at the counter-man, surprised to see him back so soon. So the following will I am sure generate some displeasure, along the lines of the child getting a kick in the shins from a little nephew w...