Ah yes! The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! The ASO was caught using pre-recorded music at a performance a year or two ago. If I'm paying big money to go see musicians play musical instruments, I would assume part of the agreement is that is is live. I don't care if the orchestra is all white, black, green, or blue. I pay to listen to live music, not to do a head count because I'm obsessed with someone's skin color.
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In Atlanta, the orchestra is shamed at a pantomime concert
August 17, 2012 By Norman Lebrecht 34 Comments
We have been asked by several readers to comment on Sunday’s concert, at which the crisis-ridden Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was obliged to mime to a pre-recorded track for the synthetic vocal group Il Divo. An account of this pantomime performance follows below.
As a matter of principle, there is hardly any excuse for a professional orchestra to fake the act of performance. There are many similes for such simulated acts, and you can doubtless find them on Youporn.
It was just about excusable – just about – for the the LSO to mime to its own track at the Olympics ceremonies, where the sound was massively amplified and security was a prime consideration.
It is, however, a travesty, when a symphony orchestra fakes music simply for the conve...
Ah yes! The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! The ASO was caught using pre-recorded music at a performance a year or two ago. If I'm paying big money to go see musicians play musical instruments, I would assume part of the agreement is that is is live. I don't care if the orchestra is all white, black, green, or blue. I pay to listen to live music, not to do a head count because I'm obsessed with someone's skin color.
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In Atlanta, the orchestra is shamed at a pantomime concert
August 17, 2012 By Norman Lebrecht 34 Comments
We have been asked by several readers to comment on Sunday’s concert, at which the crisis-ridden Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was obliged to mime to a pre-recorded track for the synthetic vocal group Il Divo. An account of this pantomime performance follows below.
As a matter of principle, there is hardly any excuse for a professional orchestra to fake the act of performance. There are many similes for such simulated acts, and you can doubtless find them on Youporn.
It was just about excusable – just about – for the the LSO to mime to its own track at the Olympics ceremonies, where the sound was massively amplified and security was a prime consideration.
It is, however, a travesty, when a symphony orchestra fakes music simply for the convenience of a group of entertainers who should not be appearing in the first place with self-respecting professionals.
For shame.
Here‘s a public report:
Sunday night’s concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre was billed as “Il Divo and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,” but what the audience heard over the sound system was not the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Instead, it heard prerecorded audio tracks by an entirely different orchestra.
The Il Divo singers were live, but the orchestra was relegated to the role of visual window dressing…. Read on at ArtsATL.
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Ab, go to the NY Times Op-Ed page and read "An Unserious Man" by Paul Krugman. If this doesn't make your blood boil I don't know what will. If you can pull it up please explain the fuzzy math to me!
I don't waste my time reading about or to Krugman. Sorry to dissappoint you.
I was in MA for a college reunion with a friend of mine. I was having a wonderful time listening to the alums rave about the NY Times, Washington Post, and the Huffpo. I was informed that those were the only reliable news sources and not to listen to tv news or news commentators. Here all along I was led to believe that the Ivy Leaguers were the only intelligent folks in the country! Truth be told they are as "dumb as a stump"! Sorry for the Colorado cliche`! LOL
Ah yes! The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! The ASO was caught using pre-recorded music at a performance a year or two ago. If I'm paying big money to go see musicians play musical instruments, I would assume part of the agreement is that is is live. I don't care if the orchestra is all white, black, green, or blue. I pay to listen to live music, not to do a head count because I'm obsessed with someone's skin color.
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In Atlanta, the orchestra is shamed at a pantomime concert
August 17, 2012 By Norman Lebrecht 34 Comments
We have been asked by several readers to comment on Sunday’s concert, at which the crisis-ridden Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was obliged to mime to a pre-recorded track for the synthetic vocal group Il Divo. An account of this pantomime performance follows below.
As a matter of principle, there is hardly any excuse for a professional orchestra to fake the act of performance. There are many similes for such simulated acts, and you can doubtless find them on Youporn.
It was just about excusable – just about – for the the LSO to mime to its own track at the Olympics ceremonies, where the sound was massively amplified and security was a prime consideration.
It is, however, a travesty, when a symphony orchestra fakes music simply for the conve...
Ah yes! The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! The ASO was caught using pre-recorded music at a performance a year or two ago. If I'm paying big money to go see musicians play musical instruments, I would assume part of the agreement is that is is live. I don't care if the orchestra is all white, black, green, or blue. I pay to listen to live music, not to do a head count because I'm obsessed with someone's skin color.
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In Atlanta, the orchestra is shamed at a pantomime concert
August 17, 2012 By Norman Lebrecht 34 Comments
We have been asked by several readers to comment on Sunday’s concert, at which the crisis-ridden Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was obliged to mime to a pre-recorded track for the synthetic vocal group Il Divo. An account of this pantomime performance follows below.
As a matter of principle, there is hardly any excuse for a professional orchestra to fake the act of performance. There are many similes for such simulated acts, and you can doubtless find them on Youporn.
It was just about excusable – just about – for the the LSO to mime to its own track at the Olympics ceremonies, where the sound was massively amplified and security was a prime consideration.
It is, however, a travesty, when a symphony orchestra fakes music simply for the convenience of a group of entertainers who should not be appearing in the first place with self-respecting professionals.
For shame.
Here‘s a public report:
Sunday night’s concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre was billed as “Il Divo and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,” but what the audience heard over the sound system was not the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Instead, it heard prerecorded audio tracks by an entirely different orchestra.
The Il Divo singers were live, but the orchestra was relegated to the role of visual window dressing…. Read on at ArtsATL.
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Source: http://www.artsjournal.com/sl...