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stephen at melbpc.org.au
stephen at melbpc.org.au
Fri Apr 17 03:39:11 AEST 2009
NYTimes Music Review: YouTube Symphony Orchestra
'YouTube Orchestra Melds Music Live and Online'
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI Published: April 16, 2009
So, after all the buzz about the YouTube Symphony Orchestra altering the
audition process forever, after months of interactive computer chat about
the worlds first collaborative online orchestra, after 96 winning
players were selected from among the more than 3,000 musicians who
submitted audition videos and were brought to New York for a group summit
and Carnegie Hall concert, how did the YouTube Symphony Orchestra finally
play?
http://www.youtube.com/symphony
Quite well, actually, from what could be assessed during the three-hour
concert the orchestra presented on Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall,
mostly conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
The program was a potpourri, just movements and excerpts from 15 wildly
diverse works.
The mixed-bag repertory was intentional, Mr. Thomas explained in
introducing the program.
With the chosen musicians coming from more than 30 different countries
and vastly different backgrounds, the program needed to touch as many
eras and styles as possible, he said. So there was everything from a
Renaissance canzon for brass by Gabrieli to a new, hard-driving piece for
orchestra and electronica by Mason Bates. (snip)
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