Reviews
08/04/06 14:16
I just added to this site a page devoted to a laundry
list of positive reviews of my work. I've left out
the bad ones. One of those, from Charleston, SC, said
I had no idea how to perform Mozart. Another, from
Hartford, said I was "not yet ready for prime time."
Interestingly, this one was from a retrospective
about the music director search there, in which I had
participated, and this same reviewer had given the
concert a rave (it is, of course, included in my
reviews file...). Hmmm...how fickle reviewers can be.
(Side note: that search was won by Edward Cumming, a
very good conductor and a very nice guy.) I've been
reviewed by some extremely insightful and gifted
reviewers, and by some imbeciles; by some
very-well-meaning music lovers, and by some
mean-spirited arch-enemies of all things good. In the
end, the old adage is true: if you are willing to
believe the good reviews, you must also believe the
bad ones. So it's best not to pay them any heed at
all.
I have nonetheless added a page devoted to a laundry list of positive reviews of my work.
I have nonetheless added a page devoted to a laundry list of positive reviews of my work.
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