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The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-mus
The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-mus
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2019-04-19
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The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in 2009. For the most part, the response has been favorable, to say the least. " Hooray! At last!" wrote Anthony Tommasini, a sober-sided classical-music critic.
One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him " an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him." As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.
For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one. To be sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions, but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or anywhere else, to hear interesting orchestral music. All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.
Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point. For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century. These recordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than today’s live performances: moreover, they can be " consumed" at a time and place of the listener’s choosing. The widespread availability of such recordings has thus brought about a crisis in the institution of the traditional classical concert.
One possible response is for classical performers to program attractive new music that is not yet available on record. Gilbert’s own interest in new music has been widely noted: Alex Ross, a classical-music critic, has described him as a man who is capable of turning the Philharmonic into " a markedly different, more vibrant organization." But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestra’s repertoire will not be enough. If Gilbert and the Philharmonic are to succeed, they must first change the relationship between America’s oldest orchestra and the new audience it hopes to attract.
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G
解析
本题重点考查考生对原文特定细节内容的定位以及根据原文的信息进行正确推理的能力。根据解题的顺序和题干中“devoted concertgoers”的引导,可以跳过第三段,把答案限定在第四段,该段第一句话“Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.(目前,回应说“录制品无法替代现场演出”的虔诚的经常去听音乐会的人们忽略了这样一个要点。)”是破解本题的关键,其中的“are missing the point(忽略了一个要点)”这部分尤为重要,因为这部分具体表明了作者对经常去听音乐会的人的观点(即:recordings are no substitute for live performance)的否定态度(即:现场演出并非绝对不可替代),故本题的正确答案应该是G。
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