Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Long Overdue

A hearty welcome to Anne Midgette, who finally joined the classical music blogosphere yesterday. What a relief to see her say that whatever she has said about the death of classical music, music itself is thriving and it's some of our institutions that are in trouble.

6 comments:

Empiricus said...

Thanks for the find.

Lisa Hirsch said...

She emailed me!

Henry Holland said...

Lisa, you haven't done one of these in a while so, here it goes. :-)

File under: How Not To Do It

Today, the Cleveland Orchestra announced their 2009-10 season. Very nice, incredible orchestra whatever you think of the current music director, very curious to see what they're doing in Severence Hall that would merit a trip.

Problem: they don't list the concerts under the calendar or diary sections, so what they'll be doing outside of what was announced in the press release is still a mystery.

Is it such a radical concept for orchestras (Cleveland's not the only one that does this) to have the calendar and all the performers/pieces/dates ready to go when they announce their seasons? It's not like these things aren't planned years in advance.

Empiricus said...

Very true, Henry.

Lisa: she emailed you? I feel unpopular.

Lisa Hirsch said...

Sorry, Empricus!

Henry, I think I'll put up a posting about that.

Lisa Hirsch said...

Henry, am I missing something? Their full Severance Hall schedule is at the end of the press release here: http://www.clevelandorch.com/html/PressRoom/pressreleases.asp?ID=275