NPR had nothing to do with this broadcast. It was a PBS program in the Great Performances series.
Steve Ovitsky Manager of NPR member radio station WMHT-FM in the early part of my career. On Thu, October 28, 2010 8:50 am, William Gross wrote: > The performance was great, the broadcast was a good reson to defund NPR. > > The voice over guy said the 1st movment would begin with a "horn" solo. > In > the world of popular music "horn'" has taken on the meaning of any wind > isntrument. You would expect an announcer doing the Chicago Symphony to > be > able to destiguish and point out the difference between the Tenor Horn > used > and French Horn. > > Second movement - not sure but think it began with extended horn work. It > sounded like one or perhaps two horns or horn and tenorhorn. No one else > playing the camera stayed on Boulez the until other instruments were > added. > > Great music - bad television. > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 2:29 PM, John Edwin Mason > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Pardon the double post, folks, but those of you in the US will probably >> want to be reminded that tonight's Great Performances program on PBS >> features Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony in Mahler 7. >> >> Check you local listings: >> >> >> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chicago-symphony-orchestra-pierre-boulez-conducts-mahler%E2%80%99s-7th/preview-the-concert/1035/ >> >> http://tinyurl.com/2azstyd >> >> --John >> >> ****************************** >> John Edwin Mason, Photography: >> http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com <http://www.johnedwinmason.com/> >> Charlottesville and Cape Town >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net >> > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/sotone%40cybermesa.com > > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
