Salzburg names Jansons substitutes
mainJansons’ death last month left the festival with two large holes.
Franz Welser-Möst will take over the opening concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic on 26 and 29 July 2020.
Tugan Sokhiev will conduct the centrepiece opera Boris Godunov, making his belated Salzburg Festival debut.
Gergiev must have been asked. Why did he decline?
Tugan Sokhiev is often better anyway.
1. He is doing Godunov twice in Petersburg and has enough.
2. Putin changed travel plans and is attending a Petersburg performance, so no need for Valery to conduct in Salzburg.
3. Last summer gave Valery enough of Salzburg (and Bayreuth).
4. He was never asked because of 3.
This is not a surprise. Welser-Möst worked at the Opera of Vienna a long time and we know the relationship between the two institution. Welser-Möst is the big austrian conductor of his generation. concerning Sokhiev there’s a hype around him with that and after the Waldbühne. He gave a new dimension at the Toulouse orchestra with a very long partnership.
Honeck – Austrian, same generation – is the finest between the two.
Maybe you are wright. It’s possible realy. But Honeck is less famous internationaly. Welser-Möst is famous for his new year day concerts and other events like the christmas concert at Concertgebouw
Isn’t his brother Concertmaster/Leader of the Vienna Philharmonic?
Yes
https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/member/personid/828
The hype is very well deserved. I heard 4 times live these last few years. Phenomenal. A few more years and he will be the absolute be(a)st.
What’s his track record on stepping in as a replacement and not first choice?
Tugan is the better choice for Boris. Previous Boris in Toulouse and Paris around 2014 with ONCT and Furlanetto were just amazing
So, about five weeks after Mariss Jansons died, Salzburg announced his perfectly appropriate replacements.
Less than a month ago, one December 11, there was a SD posting: “SALZBURG CAN’T REPLACE MARISS JANSONS”
https://slippedisc.com/2019/12/salzburg-cant-replace-mariss-jansons/
who are you trying to impress?
Nobody. Don’t you accept constructive criticism?
This is not criticism. It’s trying to be cleverer-than-thou. Give it a rest.
Indeed, no other conductor can replace dear Mariss Jansons. That goes for every loved one. Period.
I’m wondering if there are any critical comments on your site you’d accept. I’m asking seriously.
We operate a very light moderation policy for critical comments. You will find plenty.
I was trying to ask if there is constructive criticism that you would accept, since you dismissed the earlier comment as “not criticism”. I’m not referring to moderation policy.
Barnard: there is plenty of non-constructive criticism on this site that doesn’t get moderated.
I mostly agree with you, as I do again this time!!