Five Radio Broadcasts About the Gender Politics of the Vienna Philharmonic and Women in Orchestras
The first two
programs are in German, the following three (scroll down) are in English.
_____________________________________________________ Program One (Click the link to listen) Westdeustcher Rundfunk 5 Sendung vom 05.03.2007, 10:15 Uhr Kaum ein Musiker, der nicht von einem Engagement bei ihnen träumt. Und
seit dem 27. Februar 1997, also seit zehn Jahren, dürfen auch Frauen mitträumen.
Zur Zulassung von Frauen haben sich die Wiener Philharmoniker nicht freiwillig
entschieden, sondern gezwungenermaßen durchgerungen. Die Herren wären lieber
unter sich geblieben und machen Musikerinnen deshalb noch immer das Leben
schwer. Nadine Dietrich über die schwierige Situation von Frauen in dem
"herr-lichen" Orchester. Moderation: Achim Schmitz-Forte Program Two (Click the linke to listen)
Die Schürzenjäger von Wien
Below is a link to 50 minute program broadcast by Deutschlandfunk on Sunday, March 4, at 3:00 PM, entitled "Die Schürzenjäger von Wien: Sinfonische Orchester und die Gleichberechtigung."
Gerade sind die Männer des Orchesters
dabei, völlig uncharmant mit unhaltbaren Vorwürfen und zweifelhaften Urteilen eine Frauaus der Phalanx der 1. Geigen wieder hinaus zu komplimentieren; sie wäre die
vierte Frau im Orchester gewesen. Gelingt ihnen das, läge die Frauenquote der Wiener wieder bei 2,8 Prozent - das ist der mit Abstand niedrigste Wert
bei den namhaften philharmonischen Orchestern der Welt. Warum sperren sich einige Orchester gegen Frauen - wie auch die Tschechische Philharmonie -
(There is sometimes a slight distortion in the sound due to a technical problem I had during the recording. I will be replacing the sound file if I can get a better copy.)
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Program Three (Scroll down for the link to the streaming file of the broadcast)
The Naked Nexus of Music and Politics On
March 11, 2005, New York City's NPR affiliate, WNYC, presented a 25 minute
segment about the Vienna Philharmonic as part of its program "Sound
Check" -- a weekday afternoon talk show about music and culture hosted by
John Schaefer.
The participants were to be William Osborne and Abbie Conant, as
well as James Oestreich (the New York Times critic who has often served
as an apologist for the orchestra), and members of the Vienna Philharmonic.
The Philharmonic later stipulated that they would speak only alone in a separate segment. A short time later they withdrew completely, as did James Oestreich. Mark Swed, a music critic for the Los Angeles Times, was obtained as a replacement for Oestreich. Swed was given a separate segment. The host, John Schaefer, vigorously defended the orchestra. He also co-moderated a broadcast of the Philharmonic's concert that evening in Carnegie Hall, along with Fred Child, host of NPR's "Performance Today." Schaefer's general position was that the Vienna Philharmonic can change only slowly, because it must preserve its musical traditions.
For a detailed commentary about the broadcast and a streaming link click here.
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Program FourThe Vienna Philharmonic's Glass Ceiling WNYC Sound Check, Friday, March 2, 2007 with John Schaefer. Newday's Pulitzer Prize winning classical music and architecture critic, Justin Davidson, asks why the Vienna Philharmonic has only one female musician ten years after it agreed to admit them. See also Justin Davidson's article in Newsday: Vienna is Slow to Change its TuneClick here to listen. (Scroll down and click on sound file link.) __________________________________________________________________
Program Five (Click on the brown "Listen" button toward the top of the page.) Wisconson Public Radio -- Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
Emily Auerbach and her guests talk about the glass ceiling women conductors
and performers have to crack to make it in a white man’s world of classical
music.
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