tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post5916203781647868946..comments2024-03-28T19:42:09.480-04:00Comments on The Shellackophile: Double Tippett for Double String OrchestraBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-43336739031633983812012-09-08T01:38:44.453-04:002012-09-08T01:38:44.453-04:00Around 1960 the Moscow Chamber Orchestra toured En...Around 1960 the Moscow Chamber Orchestra toured England. As the conductor (Barshai) felt they needed a second doublebass - and there evidently wasn't one available in the Soviet Union - my friend Bob (formerly member of the CBSO, LPO and Legge's Philharmonia) was hired.<br /><br />At a concert at the Bath Festival they were joined by the Bath Festival Orchestra for a performance of this work.<br /><br />But nobody could persuade the Soviet overseers that the two orchestras were intended to be positioned antiphonally and they insisted that the MCO take "rpdie of place" on the platform *in front* of the BFO.<br /><br />The result, Bob assures me, was awful.<br /><br />Even in mono that would make a difference.<br /><br />Thanks for these.dgrbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669092166616448237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-63566495443131020032012-08-17T10:32:55.420-04:002012-08-17T10:32:55.420-04:00Interesting, also thanks for the possibility to co...Interesting, also thanks for the possibility to compare the 2.Satyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882844330262516582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-90817450299005712312012-08-02T03:08:53.709-04:002012-08-02T03:08:53.709-04:00I love this work but have never heard these. Many ...I love this work but have never heard these. Many thanks, Bryan.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695978009050320418noreply@blogger.com