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Title: looks like Eschenbach/Philly will record M8!
Post by: barry guerrero on April 07, 2008, 09:47:38 AM
I just received a Christoph. Eschenbach newsletter, in which he states that the five upcoming performances of M8 in Philadelphia will be recorded. If it sounds anything at all like the Saint-Saens "Organ" Symphony, this will be THE Mahler 8th to end all M8s! As I recall, the cast looks to be real strong too.

Barry
Title: Re: looks like Eschenbach/Philly will record M8!
Post by: Leo K on April 07, 2008, 06:20:01 PM
Great news there  ;D


--Todd
Title: Re: looks like Eschenbach/Philly will record M8!
Post by: Eric Nagamine on April 11, 2008, 08:44:17 AM
Quote from: barry guerrero on April 07, 2008, 09:47:38 AM
I just received a Christoph. Eschenbach newsletter, in which he states that the five upcoming performances of M8 in Philadelphia will be recorded. If it sounds anything at all like the Saint-Saens "Organ" Symphony, this will be THE Mahler 8th to end all M8s! As I recall, the cast looks to be real strong too.

Barry

You can preview Eschenbach's reading with his Paris band next week Monday (14th) on France Musiques around 11 a.m. pacific. You going to Philly or NYC to hear the live performance?

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Eric Nagamine
Title: Re: looks like Eschenbach/Philly will record M8!
Post by: barry guerrero on April 11, 2008, 05:01:17 PM
"You can preview Eschenbach's reading with his Paris band next week Monday (14th) on France Musiques around 11 a.m. pacific."

Thanks, but I'll be at work at that time. They usually use Paiste gongs in Paris anyway. They ring on for a long time, but the timbre of most Paistes is too close to the cymbals that are unison with the gong on the last three strokes. I don't think that they have any real rockin' organs in Paris either, except in the big cathedrals. I could wrong about that.

"You going to Philly or NYC to hear the live performance?"

Who, me? I can barely afford to drive across the bay, much less fly across the country. I've been trying to get to L.A. for a couple of years now. If I had the free time, I'd take the Greyhound bus out east - they have some great deals.

I would definitely want to hear M8 in Verizon Hall, with that outrageous new organ they've installed. Carnegie Hall would have to drag out an electronic organ. At least you'll hear a really good Wuhan gong with Philly. I'm curious as to how the young, female tuba player is doing in Philly (I'm sure she's doing great).

She plays on a Perantucci PT-6, which are becoming more popular than the various copies of the 6/4 size York tuba (Chicago).