Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 1998/01

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Wiener Philharmoniker
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:17:34 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.64
> Subj: Re: Wiener Philharmoniker

> At 11:31 AM 1/4/98 EST, you wrote:
> snip..
>
> >The Vienna does not merely discriminate against women. Non-central Europeans
> >are also barred. Many Asian musicians study at the music conservatory in
> >Vienna, but none may join or audition for the Opera (and thus the
> Philharmonic
> >as well).
> >
> Did James Galway play in this orchestra before he went solo? If so, could
> this comment be incorrect?
>
> Fred

No, Fred. It was the Berlin Phil. in which Galway played.

>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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