In fact, I have a soft spot for the pizzicato movement of Tchaik 4. Now, none of these are “bad” pieces of music, by any means. I’ve been thinking a lot about this concert. Just a few short weeks ago! Also let’s not discuss how there are too many fonts. “This concert is now past” is not, as it happens, an editorial comment by a sassy webmistress, but is instead merely an indication of the fact that this concert happened In the Past, that being, September, 2008. Let us for a minute focus our attention on the programming of their opening night gala. So why, beloveds, why, is the New York Philharmonic so not my home team? I’ve been blogging about them for a while, because it is a really curious phenomenon to me. Having a home team enhances civic pride and sells a lot of hot dogs. It’s a nice feeling to root for your Home Team, all sorts of bubbly good-feelings come out of such an emotion. She, like me, grew up in the Northeast, and they are her Home Team. My roommate is currently in the throes of Baseball Fever “” all her social plans are jettisoned in favor of finding a New York City bar sympathetic to her belovèd Red Sox. Also, check in with her blog it’s a very interesting set of musings about the role of PR in classical music. This is a first for me: a co-blogging exercise with the lovely and talented Amanda Ameer over at Life’s a Pitch.
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