Did your conductor have a phone conference with Gustav ? Why dont the VPO not use "as many horns as possible on stage" ????? These stick weaving idiots !!!!! Well, admitted, there are few good ones left, often to good as persons also, so not to make a career. ============================================================ ==============================================
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:30 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] For Hans:Re:Mahler Seating2 >Rachel, for the SEVEN horns in Mahler 1 (we do not use an >assistant) and other 8-horn-pieces we prefer sitting in two rows, as it >allows a better blending each other than sitting Hans, either way is ok. It depends on how much room we have. We only use an assistant for Mahler 1 or 2. None of the others. On Mahler 2, we had 10 horns. 2 of the offstage players were on stage on horns 7 and 8 as well. >why needing seven extra players for the finale I guess ? Is it >necessary to have it that loud ? >Would be a sign of bad taste by the conductor. For the last 75 bars because the conductor said Mahler wanted 'as many horn players as could be fit onto the stage at once'. He was not exhibiting 'bad taste'; he was just following the composer's directions according to the score. _______________________________________________ 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
