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Not in Britain they don't! British orchestras are perpetually broke and
cannot afford that kind of lavish expenditure on rehearsal.
Dear All
I was back at my 'old firm' last week playing 6th horn in Rachmaninov's
'Isle of the Dead' in two concerts.
The
Wow, how good must be your orchestra as they do a concert
with two or three rehearsals ONLY, while world class
orchestras have five to six rehearsals (public dress
rehearsal included) for a concert program .
Not in Britain they don't! British orchestras are perpetually broke and
Here in South Carolina, USA, it is much the same
way. My wife, also a horn player, has one
rehearsal this coming Saturday, with the concert on
Sunday. It's very common for that type of thing in
this area. In fact, I've played a few concerts with
no rehearsals!
It's all about saving money
As librarians of a semi-professional orchestra we routinely copied the parts,
with permission of the rental library so that every string player had a part
and could recieve the part several weeks before the first rehearsal. Our
orchestra was up to professional standards and we routinely had two
Wow, how good must be your orchestra as they do a concert
with two or three rehearsals ONLY, while world class
orchestras have five to six rehearsals (public dress
rehearsal included) for a concert program .
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