Klarinet Archive - Posting 000843.txt from 1999/10

From: James Leonard Hobby <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Yo there, piano guy! Booooo!
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:58:34 -0400

I only heard the performance on the local NPR station, but last season, the
Nashville Symphony played Brahms First. Brahms lost. (Pardon the stolen
pun.) While I wouldn't have actually booed, I certainly wouldn't have
applauded. It was, without doubt, the strangest interpretation. Truly
bizare tempo changes like I have never heard before.

I had reason to be thankful that the people, when I was at university,
didn't take up booing. During a recital, my Ab key fell off, just as I was
ready to start the Weber Concertino. The guests patiently waited until I
went off-stage, reinserted the screw, and went back to play. (No, I have
no idea how the screw came loose. I've been accused of having a screw
loose before, but not on the clarinet. <g>)

Jim Hobby

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>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:36:20 -0700
>From: "Craig Countryman" <craigc@-----.edu>
>Subject: Re: [kl] re: Yo there, piano guy! Boooooo!

>I can't think of circumstances that justify booing though -- that
>really is the ultimate in rudeness and just isn't called for. [snip]

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