Hello Sandra, why is it necessary to try out the halls´s respond to loud playing ?
Exactly that is what divides professionals - I mean real professionals - from semi pro & amateurs. One has to develop the ability to respond to the halls acoustics spontaneously. Of what use should it be, playing loud in an empty hall, when the acoustic properties will change anyway & often dramatically when the hall is full with the audience. We experienced that once on our first Japan tour with a concert that started with Richard Strauss´ "Don Juan", Sawallisch conducting it 1974. The rehearsal in the Kosei nenkin kaikan was superb, but when we began the concert that evening, we received a big shock, but for a fraction of a second only, as we changed our sound emission according to the circumstances within a fraction of a second also. That´s it !!!! PS: I know why so many players play all the excerpts over & over before the rehearsal or the performance. Guess ?? Just to impress the other players. But when it comes to these solos, the same players are shitless scared anyway. ################################################################# Am 06.04.2011 um 12:24 schrieb Sandra Clark: > In the orchestra where I work, practicing prior to rehearsal and at > intermission is common. I can't speak for my colleagues, but passages on > the week's program (or upcoming ones...) feel differently played in our hall > than at home. The hall, the temperature is usually correct, whereas at my > home (at least) it may only be 60 f. > > Also - loud passages 'back up' on one in a small room filled with carpet, > chairs, and such. Playing them out in the actual hall is a sort of 'final > analysis' I find crucial to entering performance with a sense of readiness. > > > The only person in our orchestra that ever gets the kind of ultra-rude > treatment your concertmaster tossed out is one of our violinists, who often > gets 'jazzed' by a performance, and will play backstage after the show and > play concertos, Bach, or whatever crosses his mind. I love it (especially > as he's quite amazing...) but it's not uncommon for people to yell at him to > go home... > > I understand that, in a pit gig (8 shows a week...and NOTHING changes...), > you'd all want some peace. My guess is your horn player was dreaming of > getting an orchestra job...and never having to be a horn playing galley > slave again. > > Sandra > Toledo > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
