Munich might finally give Mariss his concert hall
mainWhen Mariss Jansons became chief conductor at Bavarian Radio, it was on condition that the city build a new concert hall, the present facilities being acoustically appalling. That was in 2003.
Yesterday, the city earmarked a site for the hall. It’s the disused congress centre of the Deutsches Museum, itself due for a Euro 400 million uplift.
Mariss is a patient man, but this process seems to be taking forever. More here.
Whatever happened to the Herkulessaal? I worked there in the 1980’s on a Mozart project with R. Kubelik and it was a fabulous sound.
Too small, I think.
Nothing wrong with small-ish halls. And the Herkulessaal has accomodated a number of Mahler symphonies and opera recordings in its time.
It’s when you start to cram in 2,500+ that you get into trouble.