… is in The New Yorker!
Read it here
Gotta love Così! The overture is quite fun to play. It’s interesting to hear the different takes on YouTube. The tempi can vary greatly. I prefer the first part sort of slower, but not death-like, and then the second tempo is fun to play when it flies! All my opinion, of course, and I can’t say what Jennifer Peterson will be doing … but I’ll certainly do whatever she asks! I’m quite excited about this.
I do know we won’t play it like this first clip ;-)
Ha!
I have seen and heard, live, five different productions of Cosi, three fully professional, two university music school productions. For me, Cosi is just plain boring. (I love the other two Mozart-Da Ponte operas.)
The only interesting production I saw was done a few years ago by the Conservatory of Music at UM-Kansas City.
Wow. I can’t imagine it being boring, Robert. I’m sorry you feel that way. I find the music stunning!
Is it just me, or is the sound on the 3rd clip incredibly out of sync with Muti’s movements? I can’t tell if it’s also out of sync with the oboe fingers.
Oh it’s horribly out of sync. I sometimes can’t WATCH these videos at all, because it’s too crazy to try and hear and see at the same time when it’s so off. I’m not sure why it happens … but it sure does!