Comments for The Great Flourishing

Comment on “Old Bei” in China by Sheila Melvin

Sheila Melvin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:44:12 +0000

Thanks for your comment, I would love to hear more about your experience conducting the SSO.

Comment on “Old Bei” in China by Jonathan Sternberg

Jonathan Sternberg — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:42:02 +0000

Am surprised that there is never mention of my having conducted the first Post WW2 concerts with the newly reorganized Shanghai Symphony in December 1945. I was there as a US Army officer waiting for repatriation.
I conducted several concerts at the Lyceum Theater. Originally scheduled was a conductor guilty of collaboration with the Japanese during the war. In the orchestra were several European refugees who survived in
Shanghai.This was the beginning of my personal international conducting career, details available on the internet

Comment on “Old Bei” in China by michelle garnaut

michelle garnaut — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:38:14 +0000

sheila, yet another enlightening piece, thank you, m

Comment on Pope Francis and the PRC by Sheila Melvin

Sheila Melvin — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:11:01 +0000

Thank you! Me too.

Comment on Pope Francis and the PRC by Martin Ries

Martin Ries — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:37:22 +0000

Fascinating info !
Hope the pope heals the rift.
mARTin

Comment on Tocqueville In China: The Communist Party Studies “The Old Regime” by Sheila Melvin

Sheila Melvin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:21:28 +0000

Thanks.

Comment on Tocqueville In China: The Communist Party Studies “The Old Regime” by Marshall Eubanks

Marshall Eubanks — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:31:15 +0000

It’s de Tocqueville. That is an aristocratic (noble) title, a nom de Terre, and “de ” is part of the name, in the same way that the name “Dupont” should not be shortened to “Pont.”

Comment on Go West, Young Orchestra by Sheila Melvin

Sheila Melvin — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:37:06 +0000

“Butterfly Lovers” was only on one program – they have 8 different programs on the tour, which you can see here:
http://www.cami.com/worddocs/worddocs2169/CNSO-PROGRAM-MASTER-PDF-B-H.PDF
They have also programmed violin concertos of Korngold and Sibelius.

Comment on Go West, Young Orchestra by ariel

ariel — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:53:01 +0000

Once you read that the “violin concerto Burtterfly Lovers was a main part of the programme you knew you could not take this so called cultural tour with any serious intent .

Comment on Can Less Etiquette “Save” Classical Music? by Mary Green

Mary Green — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:25:41 +0000

I’m sure that classical music audience etiquette must not only exist, but also must be quite strict. As a music lover I enjoy going to concerts and doing it every time I have such a possibility, and when I’m listening to music I don’t want to be distracted from listening to an amazingly beautiful melody, by ringing of someone’s mobile, or even worse someone’s champing. Also smell of food can be unpleasant for others. So as for me it’s completely inappropriate. The last concert I visited was the performance of violist Maxim Rysanov and pianist Jacob Katsnelson, who by the way have recently issued new disk with Beethoven’s works, performed in collaboration with Kristina Blaumane, which I’ve found at onyxclassics. So, when they only started one of the works, some mobile phone had started to ring… It was so loud that I could hardly heard the musicians, as I was not the only one performers had to stop playing and wait until the mobile will be turned of… I think the mobile’s owner was very ashamed, and as for me he or she should be… So what about me, I vote for the classical music audience etiquette!