And who will judge this INSANE conductor, when he or any rival conductor will record their conducting on audio tape ? The jury could be composed of completely deaf people, as the recorded grunts & farts will be less important ( Ooooh - Aaaah - grr - bbbrrrrt - brrrrtt - boooom - ahem - mmmmh - etc). So they would have to judge SILENCE. Is your conductor from the absolutist dynasties who ruled the world more than 200 years ago ???
He should try that kind of selection in a PROFESSIONAL orchestra here in Europe .................. He surely would never conduct any piece there. ####################################################################################################################### Am 17.05.2010 um 01:04 schrieb Richard Hirsh: > We have a relatively new phenomenon in our section. Twice this year, the > conductor has had us do recorded auditions to select players for > principal/obbligato parts. We are pretty evenly matched, and the results have > born that out. Most recently we auditioned for the obbligato part in Mahler > 5, which we'll be doing on June 6. (See www.lsso.org) The conductor did not > know which player was playing based on anything except his ears. He told us > it was very difficult for him to pick one over the other, because he would > like one part from one player and another part from another, etc. He > eventually picked the player who usually plays fourth; when we did Till > Eulenspiegel in the fall he picked the player who normally plays second. The > player for Till did a fine job, and expect the player for the Mahler will as > well. > > Except for the anxiety leading up to the audition, I think the whole episode > just underlines what a great situation we are in - the section is well > balanced in capability and gets along. I have been long periods without one > or another of those statements, and I intend to enjoy the current situation > as long as possible. > > Regards, > > Richard Hirsh, sometime principal horn > Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra of Chicago > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
