Thanks for the link, but the article is as other articles, just so-so-insight & info.
And, if principal players act like whores, hunting for any extra job, they deserve no better. But I might remember you, that responsible principal players do not accept every gig, not matter if very very well paid. They have to respect the demand set on them by their own orchestra. And they have to be responsible for that main job. That makes the difference with "tutti-players". One example about costs: right after returning from Manchester IHS symposium about 20 years ago, I received an urgent call from Salzburg - Vienna Phil - if I could save two TV transmissed performances of "A Death House" by Janacek, Abbado conducting. The premiere be next day direct in worldwide TV, no rehearsal be possible. Well, I accepted, as I was last chance for a replacement. Janacek is not very popular & I was the only available solohorn having played the piece, but many years ago under Raffael Kubelik. Remember, Janacek has strange rhythmical patterns, strange harmonics, nothing to be anticipated. So I did it. We had not talked about the money yet. I did the 2nd performance two days later. No money talk again. So they called me the next day how much I would charge them. I left it to them. They sent me 5.000.-DM (after taxes about 3.250.- USD back then), same as their fellow would have received, if he not had broken his left thumb during a soccer game after dress rehearsal .... Moral: if you do not hunt for the extra jobs, they will come to you & ask you & offer a generous fee. Moral 2 & reality: this will not be cheaper than hiring a permanent first horn, even they will save all the social security expenses. But it is different regarding tutti players. But who points upon tutti players in case of a mistake ? They jst point to the first horn. ############################################################################### Am 12.08.2010 um 15:12 schrieb PatentDan Feigelson: > For those who are interested, here's the link to the NY Times article (which > also mentions that subs are cheaper than full-time musicians): > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/arts/music/06vacancies.html?ref=new_york_philharmonic > > DJF > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
