Bowl Game
That self-confessedly “most noble, most misunderstood humanitarian, critic, lutanist, poet,” etc., Sixtus Beckmesser, has made his annual complaint about “celebrations of mediocrity” at the Hollywood Bowl (“The Beckmesser Awards of 1987,” by Martin Bernheimer, Dec. 27).
Obviously, his definition of mediocrity encompasses the following artists, who were among whose who graced the Bowl stage last summer: Emanuel Ax, Alfred Brendel, Leonard Bernstein, Yefim Bronfman, Alicia de Larrocha, Edo de Waart, Charles Dutoit, Richard Goode, Lynn Harrell, Stephen Hough, Christa Ludwig, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman, Andre Previn, Florence Quivar, Peter Roesel, Leonard Slatkin, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Krystian Zimerman.
The list of mediocrities is, of course, much longer, but for reasons of space, the aforementioned will have to do.
ERNEST FLEISCHMANN
Executive Director
Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn.
The biggest entertainment stories
Get our big stories about Hollywood, film, television, music, arts, culture and more right in your inbox as soon as they publish.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
