Ah yes, Scott. To be young and still think that most conductors are infallable
and that they are god...
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I can tell stories and I don't play at the
level that Hans and others on this forum have worked. I personally have worked
under conductors that in some cases were totally clueless.
Some of our colleagues on this list in the Metropolitan area where I reside
(the name of the community shall remain nameless to protect the innocent, lol)
know of a certain conductor that if you watched him, you were sure to get lost
when he conducted a piece in three that really was in four. I am not joking!
He also liked to play John Williams' music at a VERY slow tempo. I have said he
couldn't conduct his way out of a paper bag.
Now that my colleagues from my area are hopefully chuckling, I withdraw
probably to be flamed.
Walt Lewis
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Walt Lewis wrote:
Won't that infuriate most conductors, even those that are so bad they can't
conduct electricity let alone Wagner, Mendelssohn, Brahms et al?
My question is how do you know they cannot conduct electricity unless you
try... hard.
Respectfully Submitted,
Scott Young
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