Quite correct. Judith Daykin, who started Encores!, said just that in the City Center newsletter Front and Center. She also said that the other part of the focus was to present the scores as heard originally (original orchestrations, etc.), which Encores! does not always do. But then in the earliest years, dance music was generally truncated or cut entirely or almost entirely.
Anyway, here is the crucial sentence: "First, and most importantly, the focus of City Center Encores! is on the music." "the music" is underscored, which for some reason I can't figure out how to make happen on the keyboard I'm using. |
