Tag: 03.05.08

“Linda Bardutz, the principal cellist of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra who was fired in December, has been reinstated… The decision to fire Bardutz, [who has played in the SSO for 18 years,] emerged from issues surrounding a cancelled concert on Nov. 28.”

“The music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir resigned Tuesday after nearly a decade at the front of the world-renowned ensemble.” Craig Jessop will be replaced by the choir’s associate director, Mack Wilberg.

The rising young Russian conductor, Vladimir Jurowski, is considered a serious candidate to become the next music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. But what would Jurowski be like week-to-week as a chief conductor? It’s still very hard to tell…

“The Royal Opera House has said it will stop using a promotional poster for a Verdi opera after an actor complained that it had been distorted in a demeaning way.”

“The Tenori-On doesn’t produce its own distinctive sounds, and in that respect is a combination of synthesiser and sequencer, the two inventions that are responsible for electronic music. It might just end up as a fun performance tool rather than a widely used recording device, but what fun it is.”

“This is a remark so ill-judged that one wonders whether Mrs Hodge has ever been to the Proms. She certainly seems unaware that they have long ranked as the most magnificently international and inclusive celebration of any art form anywhere on the planet. Tickets are cheap, access is easy, and there’s something on the programme for everyone.”