All these things happen to me just once (mouthpiece thing at
1983 Charleston/ILL. workshop - but had a spare as allways,
pants-thing during a recital - solved by not turning the
back to the audience except the cell phone thing because
never bring cell phone to stage or pit or rehearsal hall).
But
I use standard slide grease on all my slides except the F slide which is
rather looser than the others - on that I use Paxman bees-wax. I bought the
little pot of wax years ago so I'm not sure if they still sell it, but for
particularly loose slides it is better than grease (and of course
How would he have played Tchaikovsky 5th solo ? Perhaps with
a vibrato so large that one could throw a large Mexican
sombrero through ... And all slides the mechanics
of his or her horn jumping off the horn .. Want to see
that real ..
Steve Haflich wrote:
probably the most embarrassing
thing you've done recently is your use of the word song in the
message above, posted to many hundreds of musicians...
Steve, I recently played in a song named Pastoral by Bee...
something. Only it was not one song, but five. I can't
I played 2 pieces as part of a larger program in a brass quintet a week ago,
and earlier today played in a quintet for the second time, this time for the
graduation ceremonies of the Bergen (County) Community College where I teach
part-time. In no particular order:
A lot of brass quintet writing
My entire thumb linkage popped loose on me at one
concert. Definitely alternate fingering time!
Unfortunately it happened on a Saturday evening and I
had another concert Sunday afternoon. Fortunately the
bass clarinet player in the band also had a repair
shop and was able to solder it back in
Hello Daniel. I join you in this matter. The last song
(there was real singing !!!) I played in my professional
life was Richard Wagners Parsifal, a song with three
sections a total duration length of five hours.
Valerie, why are you so crazy about the high horn.
Professional used to practise these things one octave lower
instead. !!!
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Some instant glue, a strong one, in the pocket of the horn
case helps in such situations e.g. Loctite
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Once in a Vienna Phil Concert under Leonard Bernstein,
Wolfgang Tomboeck´s mute fell off the music stand, but he
tried to catch it by his foot, but he was too fast strong,
so he kicked it right through the strings passing
Bernstein´s head, but the mute landed in the first row,
where a listener
Tim,
Don't despair! Things happen...
Many years ago when I was principal horn in the Air Force band, we
were tasked to perform at a very high-level soirée at an embassy
garden party. (I won't include names to protect the innocent!) As the
military attaché approached the bandstand, the
Dear Hans,
Thank you so much for sharing this clip with us. I really enjoyed Nury's
playing. So musical. And what a picture perfect embouchure!
I'm curious as to how she ever got enough air into the horn to make such a
beautiful sound...she certainly looked like she was only taking small
Beg to differ - trying to hold your breath during a laughing attack is
NOT a good idea. Drinking water during a laughing attack is a less good
idea. In either case, when the explosion comes, your laughing attack
will be famous. If you are capable of holding your breath or getting
liquid
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