Another maestro move: Andrew Litton’s basket
mainThe American conductor has put all his eggs in the new basket of James Brown Management, successor to the collapsed Hazard Chase.
Litton, who is music director of New York City Ballet Orchestra, was previously with Ron Merlino in North America. Now he’s with rown for worldwide representation.
The James Brown?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5TqIdff_DQ&list=PL6Uu6NhrmUZkC18JWfZbITuKClSyegBzH&index=1
I don’t know how much funky soul Andrew has, but he’s got a brand new bag!
Hardest working man in show business!
If anyone needs worldwide representation, it’s the peripatetic Litton!
“peripatetic” he surely IS!
Doesn’t make him in any way interesting.
Another lightweight conductor vying for the big time.
The era of legendary big name conductors is Over.
“The era of legendary big name conductors is over.”
I laughed when I read this. First, let’s examine the concept of “legendary”. But first I need to control my laughter.
Artists are made “legendary” by music critics – that is by those who write in newspapers and magazines about music performance.
If an “era” has passed it isn’t because artists are “lesser”, it is because critics (and probably the public) no longer are willing to accord them super human status.
That said, I admit some conductors bring more to a performance than some others.
But if an “era Is over” don’t attribute that to lesser quality people in the field, attribute it to a more stingy perspective on the part of critics.
There is also the possibility that there is so much excellence in the field that the term “legendary” simply can no longer function.
Papas got a brand new bag
Andrew Litton -> LSO
James Brown Management rising like a Phoenix out of the ashes, all that remains for the creditors left unpaid by Hazard Chase, or should that be hazardous chase?
Hazardous Chase indeed. As an artist, I wouldn’t trust James Brown after the fall of Hazard Chase, but I think it’s perhaps slim pickings for Litton.
What a weird headline !! We’ll assume he got a package deal.
Andrew should never have left IMG which gave him advice he was not prepared to take