Because he quite obviously ought to have his own thread.
Copied from the HERE WE ARE thread, from about a month ago:
Headline notwithstanding, Reidel's article (below) actually makes no pretense of having anything to say about HWA per se; at the time of the interview, Tunick was constrained by a company-wide NDA from discussing the show. But it's nevertheless lovely to hear from him, as one seldom does:
Putting It Together:
How do you complete a Stephen Sondheim musical without Stephen Sondheim?
Call for Jonathan Tunick. (https://airmail.news/issues/2023-9-23/putting-it-together)
Talkin' Broadway: PHOTOS: Jonathan Tunick Receives His Sardi's Portrait (https://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat_new/d.php?id=2582656)
NYT: The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim's Signature Sound (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/theater/jonathan-tunick-stephen-sondheim-broadway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE0.3fB_.5iFigU0VvH1h&smid=url-share)
Playbill: Inside Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick's Project to Make Sondheim's Scores Sound Bigger (https://www.playbill.com/article/inside-orchestrator-jonathan-tunicks-project-to-make-sondheims-scores-sound-bigger)
A re-orchestrated version of A Little Night Music will premiere at Lincoln Center. Tunick says Sweeney Todd is next. (https://www.playbill.com/article/inside-orchestrator-jonathan-tunicks-project-to-make-sondheims-scores-sound-bigger)
I do hope they record this. I'd love to see it, and there are plenty of tickets still available at the moment, but they start at $148 for the nosebleeds and go up to $338 for almost anything on the orchestra or first-mezzanine levels. I'll keep an eye on the prices, though, just in case they prove dynamic enough to swerve toward more-affordability.
NYT: Where Can Sondheim's Operatic Musicals Find a Home? (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/theater/a-little-night-music-sondheim-lincoln-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k0.CaE9.PlFQxnNBZCvT&smid=url-share) Jonathan Tunick, Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator, unveiled a grand (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/theater/a-little-night-music-sondheim-lincoln-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k0.CaE9.PlFQxnNBZCvT&smid=url-share)
orchestration of A Little Night Music
that deserves more than a concert. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/theater/a-little-night-music-sondheim-lincoln-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k0.CaE9.PlFQxnNBZCvT&smid=url-share)
Quote from: Joshua Barone, New York Times, 28 June, 2024In the past, [Night Music] was programmed at New York City Opera, which is now more or less dead.
Ouch. Granted, as to the point he's making, it's hard to imagine NYCO remounting their much-loved 1990 production anytime soon, even without Tunick's sumptuous new orchestration (which I trust will be recorded sooner than later, though Barone's complaints with this particular showcase -- underrehearsed, balance issues, sluggish tempi -- have been widespread enough to make the concert, whose brief limited run ended last night, seem a weak candidate for recording). Still, "more or less dead" is harsh; City Opera does still exist (https://www.nycopera.com/2024-summer-season), albeit not at the scale of its glory days.