Klarinet Archive - Posting 000959.txt from 1998/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Standing ovations
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 08:38:55 -0500

From: D S <CB270@-----.net>

>What I have understood so far about this discussion is that if there is
>no standing ovation the perfomance was not good.

In my case, if I'm sitting and clapping, it means (and I thought it
always meant) "good or average" performance. If I'm not clapping, or
half the hall left early, it normally means bad performance or music
that isn't interesting to that particular audience.

<snip>

>As a performer I don't understand how you can perform the
>same exact concert one night with no response (which indicates a poor
>performance) then perform the same concert the following night and have
>people clapping along with the songs and not having prepared enough
>encores.

<snip>

No two performances are ever alike, as no two audiences are never alike.
I played jazz bass in a band for a number of years when I was younger,
and we experienced the same thing on a daily basis. Some days were good
days, some days were bad. When I played country-western - they threw
things at you if they didn't like what you played. Those scenes from the
"Blue Brothers" movie aren't far from the truth ...

Talk about audience feedback!

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