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As a composer, all I can say is "who cares?"
Why not expend energy on a new piece that will "surpass" Messiah?
Why waste time and energy on a reorchestration that will probably never see the light of day, nor ever really be taken seriously by the musical community at large?
And yeah, it DOES sound presumptuous, both the "making Messiah better" part AND the "better than Beecham's orchestration" bits.
If the OP had a Phd in music and was 50 yrs old and working as an orchestrator for the last 30 years, I'd STILL find it presumptuous.
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"Those that know, do;
Those that understand, teach."
-Aristotle-
"toute audace engendrée par l'ignorance cesse d'être une audace et devient une maladresse"
-Debussy-
In musical criticism, when issues of craft and technical consideration are set aside, what remains is more subjective. However, until technical issues are dealt with, the subjective portion bears considerably less weight.
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