There's worse: the "emoters" who conduct with great gestures. No ictus. I saw one who started Beethoven's 5th with two slow sweeps, and the orchestra was off. They must have watched the concertmaster.
Herb Foster ________________________________ From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 1:44:12 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] La Traviata: the performance Wrong, we would all be happy if they would follow that pattern (Henri Kling: Dirigentenschule), but how about these living composers works ? 17/19, 7/15, 11/6 ???? Or all these conductors, who conduct all with "up, up, up, up", like catching spaghetti ??? ######################################################################## Am 27.05.2011 um 19:11 schrieb Milton Kicklighter: > Now Hans, > > Why should he need to learn all of that "theory" stuff. You don't need that > to > > be a conductor. All you need to know is: > > 4/4 time is: down left right up down left right up down left right up > 3/4 time is: down right up down right up down right up > 2/4 time is: down up down up down up. > > LOL :) > > Milton > > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 9:40:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] La Traviata: the performance > > Is your grandson good or very good on piano ? If so, get him much better. > He should also get intensive lessons on "classical" composer skill, music > theory, eventually later, playing a sight-reading piano reduction from score >and > play piano reductions from ready arranged piano scores (good source are the > one arranged by Felix Mottl, the great conductor, to be found on used book > sales or flea markets). > > A young conductor must be prepared perfectly well, sonot to corrupt himself. > Conducting is a great art, an art to transfer feelings into the orchestra, to > enthusiast > > the orchestra & transfer all in a very cooperative work between Orchestra & > Conductor > > to the Audience. - And it is great excitement & fun to conduct an orchestra. > > ############################################# > Am 27.05.2011 um 15:11 schrieb Joe Scarpelli: > >> The best part of this story is that you got to play the performance with >> your daughter. I myself am trying to teach my grandson how to conduct (with >> an assistance from Lenny). >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRhdbxtojo >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui6ZWCv-8nw&feature=related >> >> Someday the world will have a conductor we can trust :) >> >> Joe >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Daniel Canarutto >> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 7:02 AM >> To: The List Horn >> Subject: [Hornlist] La Traviata: the performance >> >> Hi all, >> since many of you answered my question about after beats in La >> Traviata, I'd like to tell you how it went. I think that, eventually, >> that tricky (for me) passage was played acceptably; the mental trick >> which helped me most was thinking the after beats as before-beats, as >> someone suggested. It was much easier when the choir joined the >> rehearsals; a seasoned pro eventually joining us as 3rd was also of >> help. >> >> We played the integral version of the opera, in concert form. It was a >> success and we are proud, even more since in Italy amateur classical >> performances are nearly non-existent (but the solo singers were >> professionals, and the title role soprano was wonderful). >> >> For me it was a special joy since I was joined, for the first time in >> a public performance, by my beloved child on IV horn; and she played >> (nearly) all the notes she had to. Even more, she got to know well and >> really appreciate a classical opera. Because this is great music, >> deeply original and moving, despite what some intellectual snobs may >> say. >> >> Daniel >> ______ >> >> The two links below point at pictures of the horn section for this >> performance: the first one is taken during the "acoustical rehearsal" >> in the afternoon, the second shows us just before the concert together >> with conductor Johanna Knauf. >> >> http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/Xs/Traviata/DSCN1608r.jpg >> http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/Xs/Traviata/DSCN1634r.jpg >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/joescarpelli%40eart >> hlink.net >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3661 - Release Date: 05/26/11 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com >m > _______________________________________________ > 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/herb_foster%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
