Orchestra quotes bad reviews to sell seats
mainWe can’t quite see the point of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s new promo video.
But two of the negative comments it presents are from Slipped Disc, so it can’t be all bad.
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We can even guess which particular SD regulars have been cited here.. Let’;s hope they keep away from live music events in future
Maybe SD should promote itself by quoting the criticisms it gets from disgruntled readers.
Norman should ask for royalties.
None of it is bad. It’s clever and original.
Crude ad-hominem bilge is never clever or original. Luckily at least one of the main offenders has been put off this site.
Yes! I am so glad we agree for once, my dear! I knew it was just a matter of time! 🙂
Love it! Where do I get tickets?
Brilliant! Anyone who disagrees should be transported to Australia.
No, send ’em to the US. We dont want them here.
Lucky them.
I think this is a wonderful idea. The reason for highlighting the bad reviews is clear to me.
Well, they certainly need someone to enlight their PR and campaigns. Typical case of irony backfiring.
I found the video clever and cheeky.
‘”A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
Jean Sibelius
SD is most definitely the place to go for negative comments.
“We can’t quite see the point of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s new promo video.”
Don’t you?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/%22Muddle_instead_of_music%22%2C_Pravda.png
Haha, brilliant. Love it.
Neither can audiences, apparently. I made it less than 1000 PAX for their lack-lustre Elijah at the RFH on Thursday night. Doesn’t half beg the question, really…
What is “PAX”?
Strictly speaking it’s a travel industry shorthand for passengers – not entirely inappropriate here, though I’m at a loss to say what the destination was…
Passengers, guests or attendees, depending on context.
Right out of Slonimsky’s Lexicon-and they don’t include bad reviews of the OAE which would have been much more fun, if counter productive.
Delightful. And, by the way, Dennis Brain was able to make a hosepipe with a funnel stuck in it sound pretty damn good at the first Hoffnung Festival.
Although true, that has got nothing to do with the OAE, I’m glad to say! Dennis Brain was a genius; are there any ‘geniuses’ in the OAE? I think not. As for their ‘lack-lustre’ Elijah: please don’t blame only the ochestra for goodness’ sake! The buck stops with the whole team, in descending order: 1) Conductor 2) Soloists 3) Choir 4) Orchestra. OK?
[[are there any ‘geniuses’ in the OAE? I think not ]]
Join the ranks of the ignorant, Will
Brilliant! OAE, as usual, is in top form with their publicity. They have some terrific, creative minds at work there.
The message I hear is, “Be bold, be daring. Share our journey and make up your own mind.” Brilliant! Made the OAE get my attention from the get-go and stand out in a field of predictable, sleep-inducing advertising around classical music.
Reminds me of Apple’s great “Think different” campaign. That turned heads and established Apple as a maverick brand.
Whoever signed off on OAE’s advertising strategy should be congratulated. I hope the orchestra’s management now has a plan for measuring its impact on ticket sales.
Another vote for the wildly off-topic mention of the Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival and Dennis Brain. Remember “Functional Analysis of Bruno-Heinz JaJa’s Punkt-Kontrapunkt” and “Metamorphosis on a Bedtime Tune, Bon Vita”?
The could be attracting attention. Which is probably why they landed in this blog in the first place.
In a better world, the OAE shouldn’t need that advertising nonsense: it’s wonderful and thought provoking work should speak for itself. I cherish some of they recordings I own and memories of a wonderful concert of their I attended years ago
I found them rather amusing. So serious and righteous.