[Hornlist] Re: Conductor personalities

2006-05-08 Thread Larry Jellison
Bill Gross wrote: One annoying bit that a conductor of a local band I participate in is that we never play a piece through from beginning to end after the first reading. We'll wait until a performance to do that again. __ There is a community orchestra conductor in

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread David Goldberg
The Haydn work for 2 horns and 2 flutes is 12 Nocturnes, (Zwölf Nokturnos) - lovely little pieces. There is also a Notturno for the same quartet, by W.A. Lütgen (ca. 1840); also nice, but maybe not as inspired as the Haydn. For me, the unaccompanied fl/hn duet pièce de resistance is the Suite

[Hornlist] Problem fortissimo notes

2006-05-08 Thread Benjamin Reidhead
Hello - As this is my first time posting to the hornlist (though I have been reading for quite some time), I figure I ought to introduce myself. My name is Ben Reidhead, and I am currently a high school junior. I have been playing horn for nearly 6 years now, and I my current horn i

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Matt James
There is a peice by Eric Ewazen that is quite nice. Mathew James On 5/8/06, Bill Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any list members aware of any works for horn and flute? I am very fortunate to have been invited to a through back event a retired flute teacher in the area host a monthly "soiree

RE: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Russ Smiley
I'll second Linda's recommendation. This is a challenging but very rewarding and accessible work. The Pastorale is simply gorgeous. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Horn L

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Linda
Ballade, Pastorale and Dance for flute, horn, and piano by Eric Ewazen. Sound clips and a sample of the score are available at http://www.ericewazen.com/newsite/music/balladehorn.html Linda -Original Message- >From: Bill Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: May 8, 2006 7:21 PM >To: 'The Ho

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Carlberg Jones
At 6:21 PM -0500 5/8/06, Bill Gross wrote: Any list members aware of any works for horn and flute? Jan Bach - Two-Bit Contraptions -- Carlberg Jones Guanajuato, Gto. MEXICO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: carlbergbmug My ISP feels that some of my e-mails are not worthy of deliverance. If you d

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Margery Landis
There is a beautiful piece for flute,horn,piano by Barboteau called "Esquisse" and a fun piece by Jan Bach called "Four Two-Bit Contraptions" for horn and flute. Enjoy...that sounds like fun! Any list members aware of any works for horn and flute? _

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Sorry, I'm more than halfway down a very large glass of very old and very wonderful cognac. I should have said "pieces for two horns and two flutes by Haydn." If I confused you I'm sorry (well, not really, I couldn't care less - this cognac is beautiful and more important than anything on e

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Carlberg Jones
At 7:29 PM -0400 5/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a lovely set of pieces for 2 horns and 2 flutes (can't remember the title but I'm sure just a little research would find them). Schwegler? Quartett in Es-dur (1806) für zwei Flöten und zwei Hörner? -- Carlberg Jones Guanajuato, Gto.

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
There's also the Telemann Concerto a tre for horn, recorder (flute) and continuo which is a little gem. Cheers, Lawrence "þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg" _http://lawrenceyates.co.uk_ (http://lawrenceyates.co.uk/) Dulcian Wind Quintet: _http://dulcianwind.co.uk_ (http://dulcianwind.co.u

Re: [Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
There is a lovely set of pieces for 2 horns and 2 flutes (can't remember the title but I'm sure just a little research would find them). "þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg" _http://lawrenceyates.co.uk_ (http://lawrenceyates.co.uk/) Dulcian Wind Quintet: _http://dulcianwind.co.uk_ (http:/

[Hornlist] Works for Horn and Flute

2006-05-08 Thread Bill Gross
Any list members aware of any works for horn and flute? I am very fortunate to have been invited to a through back event a retired flute teacher in the area host a monthly "soiree" at her home once a month. The way people found entertainment and friendship before the advent of passive devices su

[Hornlist] Re: Con Duck Tours

2006-05-08 Thread WIlliam Botte
This is an amusing thread. To bad it's not fiction. I've had two drunks that liked more than a wee nip before perforemances. One is deceased and the other back to grade school beginning band. Another thought that the start up orchestra could play anything. We couldn't and he should have kno

RE: [Hornlist] Conductor Education

2006-05-08 Thread Jonathan West
> Conductors often say: "Gentlemen, let´s do it again for the > very last time !" followed by another five times . But > I thought, they were the people, who CAN count .. At > least from one to three ... Anything bigger could be divided > by two or three anyway . Reminds me of the f

RE: [Hornlist] Conductor Education

2006-05-08 Thread Hans.Pizka
Conductors often say: "Gentlemen, let´s do it again for the very last time !" followed by another five times . But I thought, they were the people, who CAN count .. At least from one to three ... Anything bigger could be divided by two or three anyway . ===

RE: [Hornlist] Conductor Education

2006-05-08 Thread Herbert Foster
That's a common foible. If I believed it every time they say, "This time we'll go straight through, I promise," I'd also have a lot of damp Florida real estate, or bridges. Herb Foster --- Bill Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One annoying bit that a conductor of a local band I participate in

Re: [Hornlist] conductors

2006-05-08 Thread Per Ottar Gjerstad
Hi all, If you are interested in reading about conductors and how they (often) behave, you should read this book by Norman Lebrecht: "The Maestro Myth". He takes the gloss off most of them. Per Ottar - Original Message - From: "Hans.Pizka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Horn List'"

[Hornlist] auditions

2006-05-08 Thread xerocool9
Does anyone know anything about recent auditions? Florida Orch, Tuscon, Saint Paul, Cin?? Robert ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

RE: [Hornlist] conductors

2006-05-08 Thread Bill Gross
Interesting. . . I do note that one major symphony in the US has made it the business policy not to hire "top of the line" conductors. They look for a conductor that can work well with the orchestra to produce solid music, but not demand so much money that it diverts funds from musicians and othe

[Hornlist] conductors

2006-05-08 Thread Hans.Pizka
Dear friends from the amateur league, You have no idea about what happen during rehearsals at high professional level, absolute no idea, sorry. Even with the greatest & world famous maestros (Sawallisch, Mehta, Muti, Masur, Boehm, etc.) we just played half a movement & started plucking it to pie

RE: [Hornlist] Re: Conductors, and Ensemble Personalities

2006-05-08 Thread Chris Tedesco
Play it more "transparent!" Chris --- Bill Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having been in the situation of rehearsing under a conductor who would go > into long discourse about the back ground of a piece of music, who > commissioned it, why this or that part was important to the person who >

[Hornlist] Russell Mahler

2006-05-08 Thread Chris Tedesco
Anyone seen the Ken Russell Mahler movie? Some interesting depictions of Kokoshka and Alma Chris --- "Richard V. West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rachel: > > One correction: although Mahler's children did die (shortly after the > "Kindertotenlieder" was composed- it was prophetic!),

RE: [Hornlist] Conductor Education

2006-05-08 Thread Bill Gross
One annoying bit that a conductor of a local band I participate in is that we never play a piece through from beginning to end after the first reading. We'll wait until a performance to do that again. It got to the point that during a performance I'd keep waiting for our conductor to stop in the m

Re: [Hornlist] Re: Conductors, and Ensemble Personalities

2006-05-08 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
PS another thing Baldur said several times to the trainees (a couple of whom were, according to their CVs (resumes) already professional conductors) was "Don't tell them, conduct it". Cheers, Lawrence "þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg" _http://lawrenceyates.co.uk_ (http://lawrenceyates.c

Re: [Hornlist] Re: Conductors, and Ensemble Personalities

2006-05-08 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
A couple of weeks ago I played for an orchestra put together for a conductor training course. On more than one occasion a conductor asked for something from a player prompting the tutor, the excellent Baldur Bronniman, to intervene and ask the player, "Do you know what he wants you to do d