http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/arts/music/18kapl.html?ref=arts
Related: David Finlayson’s post
And all you ‘every-classical-concert-I-go-to-I-need-to-give-a-standing-O‘ people out there, you should also read this article.
Next time I dream of conducting Beethoven’s 7th or the B Minor Mass, I should remember Gilbert Kaplan
December 18, 2008 by Ryan Martin
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Thanks for the link. Being removed from the situation, I have no right to agree nor disagree with the critics, but I think I agree with the critics in their sensibilities. One of my biggest surprises in my one and only collaboration with a conductor was to learn how important conductors are. Before, I’m afraid I viewed the conductor as a figurehead. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Now I know that the conductor is the single most important person in the orchestra, and the single biggest influence on the end result. I respect the opinions of disciplined, talented musicians who are miffed when they are subjected to poor conducting. It is hard to imagine somebody taking their baton cavalierly.