Klarinet Archive - Posting 000216.txt from 2009/11

From: Nitai Levi <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner in Israel
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:49:20 -0500

The Israeli festival is a festival=A0held once a year in Israel. It has con=
certs but also dance shows, plays, etc.=0A=0AFor the original question abou=
t Wagner in Israel I=A0haven't noticed any change recently but less because=
there was or wasn't a change and more because I just haven't noticed. Mayb=
e someone else who follows=A0this more would know.=0A=0A=A0=0A=0A=0A=0A____=
To: klarinet@-----.org=0ASent: Tue, December 1, 2009 1:18:23 AM=0ASubjec=
t: Re: [kl] Wagner in Israel=0A=0AJoe,=0A=0AIf I am correct, that was Baren=
boim with an imported orchestra, perhaps the Berlin or Vienna Philharmonic.=
=A0 It was not with the IPO. There aren't any issues with visiting orchestr=
as.=A0 But many members of the IPO will not participate in Wagner performan=
ces.=0A=0ATwo questions: what is the Israel festival, and what was the reac=
tion to the performance by Barenboim?=0A=0ADan Leeson=0A=0A----- Original M=
essage ----- From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>=0ATo: <=
klarinet@-----.org>=0ASent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:58 PM=0ASubject:=
Re: [kl] Wagner in Israel=0A=0A=0A> Dan Leeson wrote:=0A>> I was asked to =
update an article I wrote on Wagner and realize that I=0A>> stopped paying =
attention to the Israel/Wagner controversy in 1999.=A0 At=0A>> that time, t=
he IPO did not play Wagner (though Mehta tried in 1981). On=0A>> the other =
hand, the New Israel Opera company's music director, Asher=0A>> Fisch, want=
ed to mount some Wagner operas.=0A>> =0A>> Can one of our Israeli members o=
f klarinet tell me if the situation has=0A>> changed radically since the tu=
rn of the century?=0A> =0A> Well, notably, Daniel Barenboim performed Wagne=
r (an excerpt from=0A> Tristan und Isolde) at the Israel Festival in 2001.=
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