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Is England Only Just Now Discovering Outdoor Orchestra Concerts?
Conductor Charles Hazlewood writes that he's "launching Play the Field, a new breed of orchestral festival … [n]ot in a cathedral or any august temple of the arts, but in a field on the Somerset Levels." He says that outdoor concerts "have tended to be indifferent performances by under-rehearsed orchestras and third-rate conductors … Has anyone heard the Amsterdam Concertgebouw orchestra perform in a field? Or Simon Rattle conduct under the stars?" (Well, there's Ravinia and Tanglewood, and the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl and the NY Phil in Central Park …) The Guardian (UK) 08/03/09
Conductor Charles Hazlewood writes that he's "launching Play the Field, a new breed of orchestral festival … [n]ot in a cathedral or any august temple of the arts, but in a field on the Somerset Levels." He says that outdoor concerts "have tended to be indifferent performances by under-rehearsed orchestras and third-rate conductors … Has anyone heard the Amsterdam Concertgebouw orchestra perform in a field? Or Simon Rattle conduct under the stars?" (Well, there's Ravinia and Tanglewood, and the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl and the NY Phil in Central Park …) The Guardian (UK) 08/03/09
Posted August 4, 2009 09:42 PM
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