Disquieting news from England: "Musicians in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
gave music director Gerard Schwarz a no-confidence vote earlier this week.
Forty-five of the 64 contract players eligible to vote said no to extending
Schwarz's five-year contract, which will end in 2006."

Schwarz, who has directed the Seattle Symphony Ochestra for twenty years, is one
of the better-known advocates of mid-20th century American composers, including
Alan Hovhaness, who lived in Seattle within view of the Cascades. Schwarz's
first recording with the Liverpool Philharmonic was of three "mountain
symphonies" by Hovhaness.

One gets the horrible feeling that the Liverpool musicians were voting their NO
as much against Schwarz's repertory choices — and Hovhaness — as
against his abilities as a conductor.


twv
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referenced links:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/classical/169464_gerry17.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008PROE/wirkman-20