I will say that it is at least one way to make Verdi operas interesting....
-William -----Original Message----- From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 1:57 am Subject: Re: [Hornlist] La Traviata Hello Cabbage, two corrections: 1st: I am still alive 2nd: had I played THE LONG CALL in the 2nd act of La Traviata just once, I would not have reached retirement in my orchestra. But I like that idea !!! May-be a nice inspiration for our younger friends, an idea working quite well for those weird ultra post modern productions, nobody wants to attend, but if they would know, that there could be a horn player or other surprise ............. ############################################ Am 20.05.2011 um 05:53 schrieb [email protected]: > Hans P wrote > > Why so much wind about that passage of afterbeats. There is nothing to > practice. > > As soon as you have a conductor in front, the tempo is kept (more or > less) by > the conductor. By the progress of that number, he is getting tired & > the tempo gets slower. > > NEVER EVER practice such afterbeats. This is nonsense. If you need to > breath, > never mind, breath at any place. Nobody will notice it, if you leave > out one or two of the > rapid eights, nobody knows that. > > ******** > This is valuable advice from one of the most experienced horn players > who ever lived. Though he will modestly deny it, I know for a fact > that NO ONE has given as many public performances of the > Long Call in the second act of La Traviata as Hans. No one! > > Gotta go, > Cabbage > > _______________________________________________ > 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/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
