Comments on: Weekend Picks: Mission of Burma, NSO http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2008/06/27/weekend-picks-mission-of-burma-nso/ Washington City Paper's Music Blog. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: J. Vaughan http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2008/06/27/weekend-picks-mission-of-burma-nso/#comment-10432 J. Vaughan Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:18:28 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2008/06/27/weekend-picks-mission-of-burma-nso/#comment-10432 I was out of the area for much of Mr. Slatkin's tenure, but had the privilege and pleasure of meeting him several times during past visits with the St. louis Symphony or when he guest-conducted the NSO. This musical Anglophile (notably Elgar and Vaughan Williams) is grateful that he decided to bring some of that repertoire here, and hope he conducted a work I feel he conducts particularly well, Elgar's _Second_ _Symphony_. I do know he conducted the Payne elaborations of the _Third_ _Symphony_ with some authorized amendments of his own. Being now on limited income, and since he rarely, if ever, meets with individual audience members anymore, I am not sure if I will attend tomorrow, further given plans here at home, but, as is said, that is not set in stone if there are reasonably-priced tickets still available. I wish him well in his new assignment with the Detroit Symphony! Hoping that this finds you and your readers well, J. V. I was out of the area for much of Mr. Slatkin’s tenure, but had the privilege and pleasure of meeting him several times during past visits with the St. louis Symphony or when he guest-conducted the NSO. This musical Anglophile (notably Elgar and Vaughan Williams) is grateful that he decided to bring some of that repertoire here, and hope he conducted a work I feel he conducts particularly well, Elgar’s _Second_ _Symphony_. I do know he conducted the Payne elaborations of the _Third_ _Symphony_ with some authorized amendments of his own.

Being now on limited income, and since he rarely, if ever, meets with individual audience members anymore, I am not sure if I will attend tomorrow, further given plans here at home, but, as is said, that is not set in stone if there are reasonably-priced tickets still available.

I wish him well in his new assignment with the Detroit Symphony!

Hoping that this finds you and your readers well,

J. V.

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