It was a freelance gig in a place where all of the freelance work goes to the orchestra. Our principal was on sabbatical. I just go where they point and do what they ask me to do. It was easier than arguing with the person that was insisting on playing second. I don't argue. Because of this I've played every position in our section over the past few years, although my position is officially labeled fourth. I'm the one that gets moved when someone is out of town. We have a very small sub list.
Why did you choose to play it on your Vienna horn? What was it like? I want to play anything on a Vienna horn. If I had one I would probably play everything on it. R. On 8/24/07, hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you can play K.201 on the big horn - I did it on my > Viennese Horn (no problem if you have a good high B-natural) > and it sounded light (!!) - , but does it make sense to > squeeze the notes out or to blair them out on the big horn ? > It is heard that way so often. But it should all be light > (in Italian: a squillo), light as Champagne, light as > Mozart. Mozart is in the foreground. And a question: what > kind of an orchestra, where the proposed first player can > say he would play second horn ? Or was it some kind of an > pick up orchestra for that gig ? If so, why did you not > resist the temptation & tell´m you were hired for the second > horn. You would have saved a lot of your nerves & > frustration. > > ============================================================ > ================================================ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Reba McLaurin > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:30 AM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] RE: Mozart Sinfonia no.29 in A > > Actually, my post was not entirely accurate. I had just > returned from a sabbatical when I got asked to play the gig > by our personnel manager because everyone else in town > turned it down. I was told that I was playing second. I > got to the gig and found out I was on first because the > other player wanted to play second. I had no option other > than the "big horn." Because of the way things work in this > town, I had to accept the gig (if I wanted to continue > working on the horn in this town), and I knew to practice > both parts. > > I think the other piece on the program was Mozart 21 or 22. > I think it was in c alto, but I'm not sure... it was a while > back and I threw away the program. > > On the subject of descant or high horns....if you can't play > the piece on the "big horn", you have no business pulling > out a descant or high f horn. (especially if you don't own > one.) The instrument should be used for color, a change of > timbre, and style, and not to "get the high notes out". I > think there are specific periods of music that are > appropriate for high horns and natural horns, and these > instruments sound their very best when they are used in > pairs. I don't see what the big deal is about using the big > horn on Mozart. > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/sallym.of.mclaurin%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
