Hans and All, I do remember playing a number of concerts with Peter Sch.... PDQ Bach.... Peter was always so so funny. He always made his entrance from the balcony by sliding down a rope. Many many stories about his conducting. One really good one. Playing a little Back piece: can't remember which one. About two minutes into the piece his stand collapses.... he quickly picks up the many pieces of the score rights the stand and goes on. It collapses again. This time he picks up the stand and walks off the stage. The strings continue to play as if nothing happened. Then from off stage comes this very loud power saw cutting wood... Next the banging of a hammer... strings still playing as if nothing is happening... he then comes back on the stage with this God awful put together stand and proceeds to finish the piece. Many many funny things like that. Another funny performer... and also find musician... Victor Borga?? .... sorry about spelling... My English teacher in college used to tell me that I was the worse speller she had ever encountered... Anyway Mr Borga was always just as funny in rehearsal as he was on a performance, and his "antics" never got old. He always had the orchestra in stitches.... for our non American friends being in stitches means uncontrolled laughter... He is really missed.
Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 1:48:57 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NOT a robot conductor Hello Milton & others on the list, I am very sorry about the many typos in that message. Did we talk about the same conductor ? Yes, because we have too many of that type (not Danny Kaye). But I talked about a conductor named Peter Schn..... Like a poor robot. ############################################################ Am 15.07.2010 um 04:18 schrieb Milton Kicklighter: > I did have the good fortune to play with him here in Buffalo... If > you think the > concert was funny, you should have seen the rehearsal. > > Milton > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill Tyler <[email protected]> > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 7:42:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NOT a robot conductor > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
