I remember a rehearsal for "Vesperi siciliani" with Eliahu Inbal. We had some questions about possible misprints and asked him what note we should play, - well we did it in provocative naïve manner, asking what we had to play (we did not like him). But he responded with "concert pitch", but we insisted to get the note from him, we had to play in the given key (was some A-basso e.g.). He became lost, completely ...... Read as conductors fate .... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- Von: horn-bounces+hans=pizka...@music.memphis.edu [mailto:horn-bounces+hans=pizka...@music.memphis.edu] Im Auftrag von Bill Gross Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. August 2009 12:43 An: lewho...@yahoo.com; 'The Horn List' Betreff: RE: [Hornlist]. Conductor's. Was Confusing transposition
Most conductors probably have very high resistivity. Making it very hard for them to conduct even electricity. Though they might make good insulators. -----Original Message----- From: horn-bounces+william.s.gross=gmail....@music.memphis.edu [mailto:horn-bounces+william.s.gross=gmail....@music.memphis.edu] On Behalf Of lewho...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:45 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist]. Conductor's. Was Confusing transposition Ah yes, Scott. To be young and still think that most conductors are infallable and that they are god... Sorry to burst your bubble, but I can tell stories and I don't play at the level that Hans and others on this forum have worked. I personally have worked under conductors that in some cases were totally clueless. Some of our colleagues on this list in the Metropolitan area where I reside (the name of the community shall remain nameless to protect the innocent, lol) know of a certain conductor that if you watched him, you were sure to get lost when he conducted a piece in three that really was in four. I am not joking! He also liked to play John Williams' music at a VERY slow tempo. I have said he couldn't conduct his way out of a paper bag. Now that my colleagues from my area are hopefully chuckling, I withdraw probably to be flamed. Walt Lewis ------Original Message------ From: scott...@msn.com Sender: horn-bounces+lewhorn9=yahoo....@music.memphis.edu To: horn@music.memphis.edu ReplyTo: The Horn List Subject: FW: [Hornlist] Confusing transposition (double post) Sent: Aug 17, 2009 4:15 PM Walt Lewis wrote: Won't that infuriate most conductors, even those that are so bad they can't conduct electricity let alone Wagner, Mendelssohn, Brahms et al? My question is how do you know they cannot conduct electricity unless you try... hard. Respectfully Submitted, Scott Young _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka.de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
