Yes, it was Harrison's Elegiac Symphony that you played that year. I do have a note of that.
B. remembers Chavez's slow, placid way of directing the chorus.
Of course Cage enjoyed the boos. He wasn't a composer, he was an imp. He just wanted the audience to react, to respond, he didn't care how.
But if you're going to write music like that, that's a very wise accepting course to take. Some don't get that. I remember about that time an SFS audience laughing at the silly pompous work of George Crumb. Ozawa looked furious.
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Date: 2007-10-10 07:53 pm (UTC)B. remembers Chavez's slow, placid way of directing the chorus.
Of course Cage enjoyed the boos. He wasn't a composer, he was an imp. He just wanted the audience to react, to respond, he didn't care how.
But if you're going to write music like that, that's a very wise accepting course to take. Some don't get that. I remember about that time an SFS audience laughing at the silly pompous work of George Crumb. Ozawa looked furious.