Klarinet Archive - Posting 000651.txt from 1996/10

From: Richard Johnson <rjohnso@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Berlin Phil clarinetists?
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:52:47 -0400

On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, George Lin wrote:

> Is this a desirable thing to not have the orchestra look at the baton of
> the conductor? I always thought you need to look up avery once in a while...
>
> George Lin
>
Having watched a few symphony concerts, I've concluded that a professional
orchestra needs a conductor basically so that they all start together.
Most of the conductors I've watched on TV would be so hard to follow
(where the heck is one? and you hardly ever see an ictus.) that I
probably would never look at them either, I'd just play along with the
rest of the group.

Rick