Munich protests at Rattle’s season opener
OrchestrasMusicians of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus demonstrated in solidarity with striking radio staff, delaying the start of the St Matthew Passion on Thursday night.
The musicians themselves are seeking a 10.5 percent pay rise.
Report here.
A well deserved pay raise. Munich has become another impossibly expensive trophy city, seemingly available only to the few. Those who got in early are ok. But try securing an apartment rental these days.
So they were protesting DURING the opener, not AT the opener, quite a different matter: clearly, they had no problem with the programme itself.
“Protesting about” is unequivocal, “Protesting at” is not.
Union solidarity is important. Hope the delay wasn’t too long, though; St. Matthew is a long show.
“startet”? Ist das Neu-Deutsch?
I think any musician performing St.Matthew Passion in its eternity deserves to be well rewarded.
“Eternity” (as stated) or “entirety”? Depending on ones’s devotion to Bach, either would suffice.
Two things can be true at the same time.
Matt Pash should ALWAYS be performed in it’s entirety, cuts are COMPLETELY UNJUSTIFIED!!!!
And yet, you abbreviate the title…??? Interesting.
Stop moaning you have privileged jobs. Just enjoy your talents and good fortune.
As for Rattle, met him and saw him perform.
Second rate. I am from Birmingham and realized he was inferior to the best directors
The strike is by the radio staff; not the glorious on-stage performers.
As for Sir Simon, two of the world’s top orchestras have now hired him as their director (three if you count the LSO), another has made him their principal guest conductor, and there’s not an orchestra anywhere in the world that wouldn’t love to engage him.
I wonder what all these groups know that you and many of the denizens of SD don’t.