Comments on: Ahem, Mr. Wakin, Death awaits a retraction….

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:38:09 +0000

Good enough for me! Nice review by Anthony Tommasini: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/arts/music/29macabre.html?ref=arts

By: smooke

smooke — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:02:37 +0000

Fortunately the review makes prominent mention of the “sold out” signs and declares Gilbert’s experiment a success. It even talks about how the audience trended younger than the usual NYPhil audience and that they seemed to be having fun. That’s as close as we’ll come to a retraction/correction.

By: Armando Bayolo

Armando Bayolo — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:23:26 +0000

I think that what we have here is a failure to communicate. Or, rather (to be less snarky), the old media meeting the new head on and not knowing exactly what to do with this new paradigm. While not a New Yorker, I have been watching Maestro Gilbert’s moves at the NY Phil with interest precisely because they embrace new media and, more importantly, seek to expand, grow and develop the philharmonic’s audience (and with a heavier than usual amount of new music to boot. It’s almost like Gilbert has learned a lesson from Essa Pekka Salonen!). I wouldn’t hold your breath on that retraction/correction, Christian, just be glad that Gilbert and the NY Phil are having the last laugh.