Klarinet Archive - Posting 000157.txt from 1998/03

From: jordan.selburn@-----.com (Jordan Selburn)
Subj: Re: Pit Orchestra Problems
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:27:01 -0500

Scott Morrow, replying to Bill Hausmann wrote:
">Anybody know anything about the show "Grand Hotel?" I was just asked to
>play in the pit, but I know nothing about it. I have an impression that
>the music is sort of retro, in which case I should like it a lot.
>
>I haven't heard too much from it, but it is Andrew Lloyd-Webber, so you'll
probably only need to learn one theme and play it over and over again (at
least once in 7/8 time, for no particular reason)!

Good luck!

- -Scott"

"Grand Hotel" is not a Lloyd-Weber show. It was written by someone whose
name I don't recall and by Maury Yeston, who was brought late in to fix the
show. The music is pretty good, not surprisingly since Yeston also wrote
"Nine". If "Grand Hotel" is anything like "Nine", you'll have a blast -
playing "Nine" is possibly the most fun you can have in an orchestra pit.

Cheers,
Jordan