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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2005/05
From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Playing for buffaloes
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 05:23:16 -0400
I have never played before buffaloes, but once on a tour to Gibraltar, I
played a piano trio in a church hall. Just before the start of the concert,
24 nuns marched in to reserved seats in the front two rows, folded their
arms in their habits and put on their inscrutable looks. We started playing.
No reaction at all, no sense of enjoyment. The three of us began
instinctively to wind up the speed in an attempt to generate some
excitement. Faster and faster. Then when a long piano interlude came up, I
realised "Jim can't play it at that speed". But he did. However, he had much
less time than normal for the page turn, took a fast swipe at the part but
instead of turning the page it flew on the floor. By that time the rest of
us were playing and couldn't help him. Not one nun moved to help. He steamed
on for quite a while from memory but in the end had to give up. We restarted
at a manageable speed and finished... but still did not crack the trace of a
smile from any of the nuns! They might as well have been buffaloes!
Keith Bowen
>
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:37:36 +0800
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> From: "Lim Sze Ai, Esther" <elsa15@-----.sg>
> Subject: RE: [DR-L] Quote of the Dayoth insticntively
> Message-ID: <002901c5576d$1f75e900$6501a8c0@Ai>
>
> This sounds like a Chinese idiom that we have! (Almost exact
> translation = it
> seems!)
>
> On some occasions, I've felt, as a performer, that the group
> that I am performing with, is playing the 'harp' for an
> audience of 'buffaloes'
> (imagine the audience flicking their tales, chewing on grass,
> and = blinking slowly at the performers, regardless of what
> music is being played)
>
> :D
>
> Esther
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oboeeee@-----.com]=20
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:59 AM
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> Subject: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
>
> "Futility: playing a harp before a buffalo"
>
> -Anonymous =20
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