By coincidence, I'm playing the Nocturne on natural horn in a concert in a couple of weeks - I don't plan to follow any conductor, not the one at the front nor anyone else who fancies a go - I'll play it my way and they'll all have to follow me!
Cheers, Lawrence On 2 April 2011 15:58, M Bender <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lawrence, > > No harm done or taken! You're right though: he is a good player, and a nice > guy, so it's a diplomatic minefield. > > What he does in the other movements isn't quite as bothersome-- [well, > o.k., the "donkey call" IS bloody annoying] it's the conducting in the > Nocturne I find particularly distracting. > > I like the "easier with one conductor" idea; I'll try that at tomorrow's > rehearsal. > > Sincerely, > martin > > > > > > On 2011-04-02, at 10:49 AM, Lawrence Yates wrote: > > > Hi Martin, > > > > I know it doesn't come across in emails, but I was actually joking - I > know > > how hard, and how sad it is, to have problems like this, especially if > the > > chap in question is a good player and nice chap with it. > > > > I'm sure that often these people don't know the effect their "dancing" is > > having on other players and sometimes simply need to told. > > > > Patronising bit: > > I would do it by joking first, making the odd daft comment here and there > to > > draw his attention to the fact that it's been noticed, then, if that > didn't > > work, very quietly and privately ask if, for that one piece where I had a > > solo, he could try not to upset me. Then go back to a joke about how much > > easer it was with only one conductor maybe? > > > > I'm sure you've tried all this and I'm just sounding patronising - sorry. > I > > don't know the setup, but I sympathise. > > > > If nothing works, you could always try something less subtle - take a > > washing line to the rehearsal and tie him to his chair - maybe that'll > make > > the point. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Lawrence > > > > > > -- > > Lawrenceyates.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/axe102%40rogers.com > > "All great things are decided not by machines or gadgets, but by willpower; > whoever has it will finally prevail." Winston Churchill > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
