Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I enjoyed Zander and the Boston Philharmonic for several years when I lived in Boston. His performance of Stravinsky's "Rites of Spring" was breathtaking - and is now available on CD. His talks about the music of the evening before the performance were especially interesting. And now, back to packing for my week in Cuba - leaving tomorrow. -- Clive Blog: http://clive.moss.net/blog Photographs: http://clive.smugmug.com On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > Yesterday I was pleased to catch up with Ben Zander again, and renew my > acquaintance with the Liverpudlian who is now principal of the Boston > Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Zander is a very talented cellist, and I did > feel a little sorry for the student who had the maybe onerous task of > accompanying the great man during his lecture at the grand Pittville > Pumproom in beautiful (if traffic clogged) Cheltenham as part of the Music > Festival that the town holds every year. I last met Benjamin Zander at a > masterclass for conductors in London some 12 years ago, an event I found > totally fascinating as a non-musician. You can see the more of the results > of my shooting http://tinyurl.com/mseltc > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 > Web: www.gwpics.com > Blog: www.stockuk.blogspot.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >