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Topic: Slatkin's Change Is in the Air  (Read 1940 times)

Offline Bob

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Slatkin's Change Is in the Air
on: October 21, 2009, 02:20:07 AM
https://www.leonardslatkin.com/news092309.shtml
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*sniff, sniff*  Change smells a lot like popcorn.
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Re: Slatkin's Change Is in the Air
Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 03:26:12 AM
Wow, that's awful.
Interested in discussing:

-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2

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Re: Slatkin's Change Is in the Air
Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 02:37:41 PM
"If we lose a member of the orchestra along the way, so be it.”

Is he going to kill musicians on stage? D:
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Re: Slatkin's Change Is in the Air
Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 04:23:16 PM
I like the one about cutting out the introduction to a concerto so they get their money's worth by having the soloist play more. 

Or all of Bruckner's symphonies in one concert.  Haha... For that matter, you could speed it up, take anything like a melody and puts those notes together at a moderate tempo.
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