Carnegie Hall bails out Gardiner’s Monteverdi musicians
NewsAfter some nervous weeks following the withdrawal of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Carnegie Hall agreed today to host his Bach B minor concerton October 25, conducted by Dinis Sousa who will be makking his Carnegie debut.
The same concert will be performed on previous days at Harris Theater, Chicago, and McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists’ will also give two concerts of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato – in Chicago, on October 21 and at Carnegie Hall on October 26.
Dinis Sousa is Associate Conductor of the three Monteverdi ensembles. Today, Royal Northern Sinfonia in Newcastle/Gateshead renewed his contract as Principal Conductor for a further three years.
Hope he’s able to keep to himself, unlike some THUG known to physically assault people.
Now, why should that adjective be appropriate in certain corcumstances vs. others?
Anybody’s guess
All the word-of-mouth I’ve seen and heard, including from musicians involved who have posted comments here at Slipped Disc, says that Dinis Sousa is courteous and cordial (as well as an excellent musician).
I can absolutely confirm that is the case. Courteous and cordial, but also demanding, muscally thorough, thoughtful and vibrant with energy in performance
The whole issue(s) emerging from the JEG incident begs the simple question: what qualities make a competent, good or even great conducter? Which leads to: what are the qualities of any sort of competent, good or even great leader. The arts, for me, are a ‘humanising force’ ever since I trained in drama in the late 1980s.