This sounds entirely like you got caught in local politics. I have
seen this kind of thing (not exactly - but similar attitude) when
working at the WDR in Koln.
I spent a week there - working with Bill Dobbins, who was then the
leader of that band. Bill is a consummate musician and an
intelligent, thoughtful and diplomatically astute man. He had his
hands full there, and I was so overwhelmed with the "vibe" in the
studio that I think I said less and did less to be involved than I
have ever done on any project for which I've written the music.
It's not Germany though, because I have had wonderful and welcoming
experiences elsewhere - with the NDR Philharmonic in Hannover, for
example.
Just thought I'd commiserate on this though.
Chuck
On Jan 27, 2007, at 8:14 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote:
hi, recently a german orchestra refused to use the parts that i had
prepared for them, claiming they didn't meet the laws on minimum
size. it must be said that they were looking for pretty much any
excuse not to play the piece in fact, and they found one in this
law! the festival director worked it out in the end , and
apparently the very elegant and well-bound cream-coloured 100g
parts i used went in the trash or something and were replaced with
photocopies.
i have worked a number of times with other orchestras in germany
and have never heard of this, and have never had any complaints
about my parts being too small. also, i was in contact with this
orchestra early on - before i started extracting the parts - to
discuss the timeframe and was not informed of this law (which in my
opinion they should have done, if they are ready to use it). i
was not contacted after dropping off the parts either, i found out
about this after the dress rehearsal from the composer. the
orchestra has still not mentioned a thing to me, although i was the
contact for the score and parts.
i can't do anything to avoid things like the violist who stuck a
white cloth on the tip of his bow and waved it above his head like
a flag during the single run-through dress rehearsal, but i want to
try and avoid having materials i spent time and money on being
trashed in the future, if i can.
any suggestions?
was kann man eigentlich damit (dagegen!) tun?!
stehen diese regeln irgendwo offentlich?
--
shirling & neueweise ... new music publishers
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