Perlman Struggles with Berlioz

[Amalie]

News Item.

Just because someone is a brilliant virtuoso doesn't mean they can make the difficult transition to being a good conductor, as this article about Itzhak Perlman proves.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/events/0...d10-125405.htm



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[This message has been edited by Amalie (edited 06-20-2004).]

[urtextmeister]

Interesting how everything the orchestra does "wrong" can be attributed to the guest conductor who comes in for, what, two rehearsals? He probably had time to run through the piece a couple times. If the orchestra can't play together or observe dynamics, that probably indicates a deeper problem with the orchestra itself.

As for the Beethoven,what's wrong with "crazy swings between genuine lyricism and clangorous dramatic peaks." Sounds good to me.