Hello Rachel, if a horn player drinks a strong coffee or two before Bruckner no.4 or Fidelio, he gets a fine "natural vibrato". If a conductor smokes something or drinks several glasses champagne before the concert, he starts making very weird gestures, but women adore him then, ha, ha ..... So is the world. ============================================================ ==================================================
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:41 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] For Hans; rehearsing pros Hans: I WISH that our orchestra would do just that and everything else you said. It would make me so happy to know that true quality was being achieved. Unfortunately; our conductor is not only tone-deaf; he IS partially deaf (from going to too many rock concerts); half of the time he is smoking 'something' beforehand so his perceptions are not all that accurate; shall I go on? And, as I may have said before, he, like most conductors, does not like to be 'called on the carpet' for something that is out of balance, out of tune, whatever. But we do good music, so I play along. Such is the life of a horn player. thanks and good wishes to you Rachel >stop half way; pluck to pieces _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
