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dynamics to phrasing and<br />
expression. "It's never the<br />
musician with best idea that wins<br />
in these disagreements but rather<br />
the one with the strongest<br />
convictions."<br />
As a conductor he spends<br />
a great deal of time studying the<br />
scores for the music he is going<br />
to conduct so that he can develop<br />
the strong convictions needed to<br />
convince his musicians and the<br />
audience of his interpretation.<br />
Nevertheless, what will distinguish<br />
Sinfonia Toronto will be its<br />
soloistic approach to orchestral<br />
playing. The violin and viola<br />
sections will play standing up,<br />
which, he explains, is a completely<br />
different physical<br />
approach to the instrument from<br />
sitting down to play.<br />
SETTING THE TONE<br />
The first piece on the first<br />
program will set the tone. It is<br />
the Grosse Fugue, (erstwhile<br />
final movement of Beethoven's<br />
String Quartet Op. 130)<br />
arranged for string orchestra by<br />
Felix Weingartner - soloistic<br />
not only because it is string<br />
quartet music but also because<br />
it is a fugue.<br />
So WHY HERE?<br />
His own chamber orchestra is<br />
evidently the fulfilment of a<br />
dream, and it is obvious that at<br />
this stage of his career Arman<br />
has the knowledge and the<br />
experience, both artistic and<br />
practical, to pull it together.<br />
But why, I asked, did he decide<br />
that Toronto was the place to<br />
do it and why now?<br />
His reply made a lot of<br />
sense. "First, there isn't a<br />
chamber orchestra of this<br />
calibre in Toronto. Montreal,<br />
on the other. hand, has so many<br />
chamber orchestras - more than<br />
practically anywhere else.<br />
There is a great symphony<br />
orchestra here, there is Tafelmusik,<br />
whose work I respect immensely,<br />
also the Esprit Orchestra, but this<br />
type of orchestra is lacking. Then<br />
there is the fact that there are so<br />
many good string players here now.<br />
When we announced auditions we<br />
had 120 applicants for only 14<br />
positions. Also, I have friends here,<br />
musicians, who have been urging<br />
me to do this, so finally, last year I<br />
had the opportunity to move to<br />
Toronto, and right away we began<br />
planning, setting up a board of<br />
directors, incorporating and<br />
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