[silence] Don't Get Your Hopes Up!

[Glenn Freeman]

Brian Brandt wrote:

 > All of which goes to say that major orchestras can do well with  
these pieces, especially given
 > a sympathetic conductor. However, I don't think you should hold  
your breath for their recordings
 > of any of these works -- you may suffocate. But one can always hope.

Reminds me of one of my favorite Robert Ashley songs:

http://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Ashley/_/Don't+Get+Your+Hopes+Up

Instead of hoping, what actions can be taken to change the situation?  
Are any professional orchestras willing to program any of the below  
works? There are plenty of professional orchestras (http://www.musicweb-international.com/orchestras/orch-Am.htm 
).

Sixty-Eight (1992)
Seventy-Four (1992)
Eighty (1992)
Twenty-Six, Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine [Eighty-Three] (1991)
101 (1989)
103 (1991)
108 (1991)

One 'selling point' to managers and musicians is there will be no  
conductor (conductors are often paid 10 times or more than the players  
they conduct). How can something be programmed without the approval of  
a conductor? Bit tricky, hmm? And we come back to that old  
question ... who decides what is well?

Seriously, when was the last time any of the above works were  
performed aside from the premiere, or for the purpose of making a  
recording?

Glenn Freeman
OgreOgress productions
http://ogreogress.com