Post by thitch on Oct 15, 2008 7:27:16 GMT 1
A capacity crowd at the Playhouse in Vancouver, British Columbia on Tuesday evening, October 14, 2008; Quartets by Beethoven and Bartok, and the Quintet in B, op. 115 by Brahms, under the Tokyo Quartet with Sabine Meyer as soloist.
Not having had the opportunity to see the maestro perform in person, I'll take what I can get at this point - and with her early career as closely tied to von Karajan as it was, I somehow feel I've gotten a part of him in a live performance with this evening's concert.
A lovely sound, full, very nuanced ... and a very fluid performer - as interesting to watch as to listen to. What I would like to pass along was the program note, and the way it seemed to me to clearly avoid connecting Meyer with the maestro ... why this was done, by whom, is a mystery to me. It stated "... after studying with Otto Hermann in Stuttgart and Hans Deinzer in Hanover, Sabine Meyer joined the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich and subsequently played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as solo clarinet. As she became increasingly in demand as a soloist she left the Berlin Philharmonic one year later, and she now performs worldwide in concert, as well as on the radio and TV." Since she was so closely tied with Karajan personally you could almost say, her claim to fame in some way defined by the Berlin Philharmonic audition and admission incident, I found the avoidance of discussion of it in the notes somewhat strange. Perhaps she herself wants it that way.
A lovely, well laid-out concert.
Best wishes,
Tim.
Not having had the opportunity to see the maestro perform in person, I'll take what I can get at this point - and with her early career as closely tied to von Karajan as it was, I somehow feel I've gotten a part of him in a live performance with this evening's concert.
A lovely sound, full, very nuanced ... and a very fluid performer - as interesting to watch as to listen to. What I would like to pass along was the program note, and the way it seemed to me to clearly avoid connecting Meyer with the maestro ... why this was done, by whom, is a mystery to me. It stated "... after studying with Otto Hermann in Stuttgart and Hans Deinzer in Hanover, Sabine Meyer joined the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich and subsequently played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as solo clarinet. As she became increasingly in demand as a soloist she left the Berlin Philharmonic one year later, and she now performs worldwide in concert, as well as on the radio and TV." Since she was so closely tied with Karajan personally you could almost say, her claim to fame in some way defined by the Berlin Philharmonic audition and admission incident, I found the avoidance of discussion of it in the notes somewhat strange. Perhaps she herself wants it that way.
A lovely, well laid-out concert.
Best wishes,
Tim.