Hello William, this example is not so good. What is so special with the "Rosenkavalier Suite", that an assistant be necessary ? Nobody in Europe uses an assistant for that. I played the whole opera for 235-times without an assistant, even sometimes using my single F. What is so special with that music ? Yes, it is full of nice solo spots, nice duo solos, powerful all section leads, plenty of awkward looking transposition tasks, which in reality make the passage easier, plenty technique, high region & low region.
Yes, one needs endurance, but the embouchure is not "kaputt" the next day. You can play a delicate Mozart opera the next day without difficulty, you can do it also if you have played movie soundtrack pieces by GOOD composers, but not by the twelve tone people, who (mostly) have not the skill to write melodic lines. But that is another topic. Red face - I always have red face by nature - is seen more often with the section horns when they play solo passages. Reason: they are not so much used to that as is the first horn, so they are more excited (let it express that way !) ####################################################################### Am 14.08.2010 um 01:52 schrieb Bill Gross: > When I took up horn again, I studied with a young player with the DSO. One > of their concerts included Der Rosenkavalier Suite. Next lesson I remarked > to my teacher, "I see why Hustis sits first, he was the only one who didn't > have a red face." (from having to play long passages) My teacher said, "no > that's not it, he's the only one with an assistant." > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 9:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] fitting in as part of getting a job > > > Hans, > Thank you for your reply. Mea Culpa; I misunderstood what you were saying. > In the minds of the audience, the principal is the face of the orchestra. > Occasionally, here in the US, the assistant is considered the face of the > section by the audience because they sit at the front of the section! I > also agree that there is nothing special about the range of any of the horn > parts, my point being that first horn to last horn have to master the entire > range of the horn and be able to play it on demand. I think my > misunderstanding arose from two fronts: 1. a mistaken belief (from the > strong band tradition in the US) that some parts are intrinsically harder > than others, which I feel is not applicable to the orchestral world, and 2. > I freelance because the orchestra I play in does not pay enough to support > my family (I am not complaining, just observing. I choose to live where I > live and I do what I need to make ends meet), so I take most any job that I > am offered. I admit when I do a few 6-9 hour-a-day jobs playing > "Hollywood" style pop music for a few days in a row, I will not try to fit > in that one extra church job on Sunday, even around Christmas! Of course, > this is even if I play Horn 3. It takes a different mindset to play Horn 1 > than section (tutti) horn, but I feel we are in agreement that the actual > work of playing tutti can still be equally challenging. > > Hans, here is a story I think you might like A few years ago, I played a > Valentine concert with an overture, a few "romantic" type pieces, a > concerto, the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra and Don Juan (9 hours of > rehearsal in 24 hours, then a 4-hour break and a live concert broadcast over > public radio, no assistant for budgetary reasons. Tame stuff for you!). > The next day I went to a horn conference and a colleague from anther > orchestra told me that "at least Don Juan is an easy blow." Apparently they > ALWAYS have an assistant. > > Respectfully Submitted, > Scott Young > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:46:47 +0200 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] fitting in as part of getting a job >> >> Hello Scott, >> >> I did not question the quality of a 2nd, 3rd or 4rth player nor did I talk > about the conductor. >> I talked about the general acceptance & view of the audience: "Did you > notice the mistake of the horn ?" .... "the horn". >> They never say 2nd or 3rd or 4rth. It is that way. >> > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.ne > t > > _______________________________________________ > 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
