Pittsburgh to play Salzburg, Lucerne and London summer festivals
mainThe orchestra, which is deep in deficit, has found sponsors for a European tour with its music director Manfred Honeck and the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Here’s the schedule:
Monday, August 28 Rheingau festival in Wiesbaden, Germany, with Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin.
Tuesday, August 29 Salzburg festival, with Mutter
Thursday, August 31 Grafenegg festival, with baritone Matthias Goerne
Friday, September 1 Grafenegg, Austria, with Rainer Honeck (the conductor’s brother)
TBA London, England, with Anne-Sophie Mutter (presumably the BBC Proms)
Wednesday, September 6 Lucerne festival with Anne-Sophie Mutter
Thursday, September 7 George Enescu festival in Bucharest, with Goerne
Friday, September 8 George Enescu Festival in Bucharest, with Mutter
“The orchestra, which is deep in deficit, has found sponsors for a European tour”
This crap always pisses me off. I understand that sometimes recordings or tours can inspire both donors and musicians and so can sometimes be justified, but this is like getting a special expensive paint job on a car only to discover you don’t have any money leftover for gas and oil changes.
Tours are expensive vanity. Boring old ongoing expenses should be a higher priority.
Three cheers for the Pittsburgers — any European tour these daysfor a US orchestra is an achievement.
It looks like two concerts rather than one.