I've begun to hear from some of you with comments on possible errors in the scores. I have now begun to post errata at this blog, linked under the "errata" heading to the right.
You may have wondered why in the world David MacKenzie prepared his own edition for this performance. And now that we're seeing some typos, you're probably asking this question again. And I've asked this question myself of late!
David's edition does several things. First, it includes his own interpretive decisions. Second, it includes a large amount of articulation and dynamic decisions that are specifically designed for the super-reverberant acoustic of the concert venue. Third, it forces all of us to work from the same edition. This literally keeps us all on the same page.
Yes, we are finding some errors, and we will continue to find errors. But, trust me, making these minor corrections will take much less time instead of accounting for all of the interpretive directions that we would have had to add by hand to a published edition.
To this end, I ask that you periodically check in with the "errata" link to the right and make sure that you have marked your music accordingly. This will save us time in rehearsal. Above all, know that this approach has saved us a lot more time in the end, and it will assure the best performance possible.
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