tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post220859431680359063..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Requiem for ENO?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-59710244336041264602016-05-02T23:59:24.428+01:002016-05-02T23:59:24.428+01:00Generous, yes, absolutely, and it's extraordin...Generous, yes, absolutely, and it's extraordinary how his integrity has misinterpreted as arrogance and selfishness by writers who ought to know better. I always found it odd that Mahler as conductor as well as composer was accused of 'art-egotism', which is very different from personal egotism: it simply seems to mean someone who will go to any lengths to make sure artistic standards aren't compromised. And that has been the case throughout this very revealing period. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-59499861039079000252016-05-02T17:27:52.153+01:002016-05-02T17:27:52.153+01:00Makes me realise all over again what a loss Mark w...Makes me realise all over again what a loss Mark will be to ENO....I'm glad you quoted his words from the programme. They just show what a generous person he is, as Chorus members testify: 'with no ego whatsoever'Jane Livingstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-70677884933477808582016-05-01T23:44:12.333+01:002016-05-01T23:44:12.333+01:00Yet the sadness behind them is equally well summed...Yet the sadness behind them is equally well summed up by Toby's remark. This, at least when tested by conflict, has been a Utopian dawn destined to be cut off in its prime - before it could even have a chance to go wrong (and it seems to me very unlikely that it would have done so). Some time back, choristers were saying that MW was the only shining light in the whole wretched business, and that is now more true than ever. I hope their confidence in Kramer is confirmed.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14211973821379914832016-05-01T22:16:24.181+01:002016-05-01T22:16:24.181+01:00Beautiful comments from Wigglesworth, and beautifu...Beautiful comments from Wigglesworth, and beautiful words from a chorister about him here: "he'd never before encountered a conductor who could change the entire sound with a flick of the wrist."Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com