[ARSCLIST] How not to mike an orchestra

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've just given up on the NY Philharmonic live broadcast (not difficult, since 
I can't stand Lorin Maazel anyway)..what the hell are they doing, using 50 
mikes? Joshua Bell's sniffing was almost as loud as his fiddle playing, and the 
two bassoonists in the Sorceror's Apprentice could be heard clicking away. 
Ghastly. If you want a laugh, tune in..this circus goes until ten pm, with an 
announcer who can't stop talking even when he has nothing to say (and says it 4 
times..Martin Bookspan, where are you!).

Horrible. And somebody get Bell an antihistamine.

dl