I second that, Paul !!! Reminds me of Igor Markevich, who screemed "cuivre, cuivre " & we blew as brassy as possible & he shouted again "Hoooorns, CUIVRE, CUIVRE !", so I asked him to explain to us what he wanted with "cuivre". His reply: "STOPPING".
So you can see, how we suffer under some of these idiots. "De mortuis nihil nisi bene !", as he died meanwhile. ========================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Kampen Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:17 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Pictures at an Exhibition Message text written by The Horn List >The conductor sent me an e-mail suggesting the bells up interpretation< Dear All Hmmmm - reminds me of a time when we were to perform a new production of Puccini's 'Tosca'. On the morning of the first performance, we had a rehearsal for something else and the Tosca conductor walked in, saw that the 1st clarinet was a deputy and said to the manager - "where is Kxxxx Bxxxx?" The manager said - "he is at home, ill in bed but do not worry, he said that he would do his best to make it for the show". About five minutes later, the 1st clarinet's telephone rang - it was the Tosca conductor who said - "right, the solo at the beginning of Act 3, I have been thinking about this and in the 3rd bar, 2nd beat on the A flat I want you to.........." and that is as far as he got before he received advice as to what he should do in another place; then the phone was slammed down. Sometimes, youv'e just got to tell 'em! Cheers Paul A. Kampen - 4th horn, Orchestra of Opera North (Leeds UK) _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
