I was recording an opera in the C.R. -- the bass singer (leading role)
on break for lunch takes a swig from his drink and bam! -- a wasp nails
him right on the lower lip -- immediate swelling with commensurate
lisp. At this point every singer opens their bag and a pharmacopeia
emerges. They had pills for everything, including bee bites
(antihistamine). I could not believe that anyone of them made it
across an international border without being stopped and sundries
confiscated.
Jerry
Gerald Berg
On 12-Apr-06, at 12:33 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
>Colin Broom wrote:
>
>>I'm currently in the process of writing the program note for my
>>brass quintet 'BIG WASP' which is getting it's first performance in
>>May, and the same question has once again entered my head, so I
>>thought I'd get some thoughts on it.
>>
>>Basically I'm just wondering what kind of size would most people
>>think of if someone says the phrase "big wasp". But more
>>specifically:
>>
>>Which would frighten you most?
>>
>>A wasp the size of a trumpet?
>>A wasp the size of a tuba? or
>>A wasp the size of a concert hall?
>>
>>(I know this is ridiculously off-topic, but I am actually quite
>>interested to know if there's a general consensus, and if so, it
>>might find its way into my program note.)
Might as well get even more off topic ;-)
When I was in the Army Band in Germany (late 60's), we used to play at
a lot of "football" games.
We had this show where we marched onto the field for the first number
without our trumpet soloist.
For the second number (the trumpet solo), he would come rushing onto
the field, as though he was late to practice, carrying a sousaphone
case.
With great difficulty, he would open the sousaphone case and take out
a piccolo trumpet.
Then we would do the "Flight of the Bumblebee".
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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