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    ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

    #2
    Not bad - I'm sure most players ignore the conductor anyway - most conductors are probably best ignored!!
    'Man know thyself'

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      #3
      Originally posted by Peter View Post
      Not bad - I'm sure most players ignore the conductor anyway - most conductors are probably best ignored!!
      In my naivety I have always wondered why a conductor is needed.
      I mean , I am sure that for instance , Sir Simon Rattle is very good, but nobody can tell me that the BPO really need a conductor, I was fortunate to see them perform at the Royal Albert Hall a few years back now, I must say they were like great powerful, purring machine. Brilliant!
      I can't help thinking that excellent though the London orchestras are, there is really quite a gap between them and the very best world orchestras, like the BPO, and the Cleveland orchestra.
      Last edited by Megan; 12-16-2011, 02:43 PM.
      ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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        #4
        Originally posted by Megan View Post
        In my naivety I have always wondered why a conductor is needed.
        I mean , I am sure that for instance , Sir Simon Rattle is very good, but nobody can tell be that the BPO really need a conductor, I was fortunate to see them perform at the Royal Albert Hall a few years back now, I must say they were like great powerful, purring machine. Brilliant!
        I can't help thinking that excellent though the London orchestras are, there is really quite a gap between them and the very best world orchestras, like the BPO, and the Cleveland orchestra.
        I think in many cases you are right and there are probably only a handful of top notch conductors out there - the conductor's job is actually largely unseen and goes into the preparation for the performance, his own interpretation of a score. So yes the BPO can perfectly well play anything I would imagine without a conductor but of course then you hear the same orchestra with different conductors and the results are different.
        'Man know thyself'

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          #5
          Most performances are for show but it is the interpretation. Furtwangler blows away any other conductors for LvB's symphonies.
          See. Feel. Paint.

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            #6
            There is an orchestra, European I believe, that does not have a conductor. Every now and then I hear some snippets from their recordings on the radio, but I don't recall which orchestra it is. What I've heard from them sounded pretty good to me.
            Last edited by Sorrano; 01-16-2012, 01:51 AM. Reason: Afterthought.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Sorrano View Post
              There is an orchestra, European I believe, that does not have a conductor. Every now and then I hear some snippets from their recordings on the radio, but I don't recall which orchestra it is. What I've heard from them sounded pretty good to me.
              The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a first-rate orchestra, and they have no conductor.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Chris View Post
                The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a first-rate orchestra, and they have no conductor.
                That's the one I was thinking of, thanks!

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