Comments on: Australian World Orchestra’s  chamber spin-off…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-world-orchestras-chamber-spin-off-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-world-orchestras-chamber-spin-off-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#comment-238433 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:23:51 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=75315#comment-238433 In reply to Herbert Sternberg.

While I wouldn’t argue with your comparison between the Chamber 8 ensembles and well known chamber groups for pulling a crowd, I do take issue with calling the AWO ‘ersatz’ which is lofty way of saying ‘inferior substitute’. Both Zubin Mahta and Simon Rattle thought is was among the world’s best. While you have every right to disagree, the balance of learned opinion is against you. But thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Herbert Sternberg https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-world-orchestras-chamber-spin-off-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#comment-238416 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 04:19:05 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=75315#comment-238416 It’s not that Sydney is averse to Chamber Music. The hall would be full for say the Takacs Quartet. The AWO itself is an ersatz orchestra containing a handful of European based Australian musicians and ipso facto the chamber music group is an ersatz group from within an erzatz orchestra. I am surprised that the hall was even one quarter full

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