Why Kendall, You could have been playing in Buffalo when Foss was here. LOL. OOOOOOOO I wonder who the compose is???? I have a great story about a "similar" composer. Maybe one day I will share it with all. Never NEVER NEVER mess with the horns.
Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 1:35:02 PM Subject: [Hornlist] Cuivre Good story, Hans! I did similar in Minneapolis some years back. We were recording a piece of S**T by our rather arrogant composer in residence at the time who will remain anonymous. He was coming out to the podium to give instructions both to our conductor and us before each take. At one point he looks at the horns and says: "Horns, bar 355, cuivre!" 4th horn: "you want it stopped?" "No! I want Cuivre!" 3rd horn: "You want it louder?" "No! Cuivre! CUIVRE!" 2nd horn: "What exactly do you want?" "I've told you over and over, I WANT IT CUIVRE!!!" 1st horn (moi) standing up and pointing at my third valve cap "OK. Got it! We'll just push our cuivre buttons. No problem!" We just played it so loud it would peel paint. After the next break, he came back for more instructions for others and then looked at us and said: "And oh, horns, that was simply marvelous! Leave those cuivre buttons on all day!" KB In a message dated 12/20/2010 1:00:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Message: 12 Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:56:09 +0100 From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] The Girl from Arles To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sorry, Martin, bells up might be right for certain compositions but not for L?Arlesienne. One has to take the compositions title into consideration also. I produced a scandal about "cuivre" and its interpretation, years ago, with famous conductor Igor Markevich, in front of the orchestra. He insisted always: "blay kuivree, KUIVREE !!" - I said (playing light weight brassy as usual in French music): "Sorry, Maestro, I am doing it always as written in my part." - "Thaz not Kuivree ! Kuivree mast be pouchee !" - "Sorry, Maestro, the one has nothing to do with the other !" - "You blay kuivree as pouchee now !" - "Sorry, Maestro, how should I play this passage: cuivre or bouche ?" - No more from the maestro. I played the passage French style light weight brassy with a bit stressy embouchure. It worked fine & sounded fine. But Markevich denounced me at the administration, who sent me a warning letter. But they had to draw back the warning letter, as they had forgotten to hear my version of the case first. Markevich was a quite well known conductor, but famous for his despotic attitudes. But a guest conductor must not behave like he did. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
