Klarinet Archive - Posting 000364.txt from 2000/01

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:19:45 -0500

Ken brings up a contentious point. I will not buy a DG recording by Von Karajan
because I will not support the legacy of a man who was a Nazi collaborator. May he
always be conducting an all Jewish orchestra in the hereafter, an orchestra that
will not follow his baton and spits in his face at the conclusion of every
performance. If I need to tell myself a second reason for not buying nor listening
to any of his orchestral interpretations, it would be because I find him a bore.

Ken Wolman wrote:

> reedman@-----.com wrote:
> >
> > Von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven Symphony CD U4Duemke@-----.com
> > wrote: > His ability as self-promotor was much greater then his ability
> > as > conductor. True. And keep in mind that he was considered a third-rate
> > stick waver before Hitler came to power.
>
> I think I may have "told" this one already, but it's good for an
> occasional retelling for the newbies.
>
> A musician dies and ascends to Heaven. St. Peter greets him and asks
> him what he did in the world. "I was principal trumpet with the Detroit
> Symphony." "Cool," says St. Peter, "we have a community orchestra here
> that plays on Tuesday nights, you're welcome to sit in." So Tuesday
> rolls around and the trumpeter shows up. The concertmaster is Paganini,
> Berlioz is the tympanist, Cavallini is principal clarinet, etc. The
> trumpeter seats himself next to another trumpeter, folds in his wings,
> and warms up. Then God comes out carrying a baton.
>
> "How is He as a conductor?" the new musician asks.
>
> "He's not bad at all except when He gets it into His head to be Herbert
> Von Karajan."
>
> > Von K. had one heck of a car. Anyone else know what "sports car" he drove
> > till his death?
>
> I would guess a vintage Mercedes-Benz gull-wing with an engine torn out
> of a war-surplus Messerschmidt or Stuka:-).
>
> Ken
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