We reported yesterday that Libor Pesek has cancelled a UK tour while he recovers from a car accident.
Not a Mercedes, obviously.
Libor knows how to drive those things.
Watch this ad to the end. Full of Libor wit and surprises.
The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham…
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has…
He is already music director of the Metropolitan…
The orchestra’s president Gary Ginstling has engaged Katya…
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Embarrassing.
Lighten up, John.
No, it’s depressing, especially when accompanied by cheerful encouragements.
You need a vacation, John! Mozart would have loved the creativity, the originality and let’s not forget, the adroit humor.
I try to imagine such commercial with coaches and horses. I don’t think M would have been amused.
Guess you haven’t seen this – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEBZw6-lbEw – yet…
The problem with these kind of commercials is, that the ignorant masses are told that classical music is an elite luxury brand. It fuels the populist attacks on the art form and its funding.
What’s with conductors and car commercials?
https://youtu.be/3jM6_BViTqw
It’s a symbol of masculine control and focussed strength. You wouldn’t see a conductor in a shampoo commercial, not even Dudamel.
Carlos Kleiber once accepted a custom-built Audi A8 in lieu of a fee for taking a Bavarian orchestra to play at the Audi factory. The maestro loved fast cars and 2 days before he died he sent a fax to Audi to thank them for their service and looking after him!! This was one of his farewells before he drove by himself across the Alps to Slovenia to die (it’s a bizarre story).
So, that suggests that conductors cultivating such mobility are in dangerous territory.
Both Libor and his CNSO are well experienced in shooting ads:
https://youtu.be/w8Qx8S69JPc