Klarinet Archive - Posting 000902.txt from 2000/05

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] re: The Great Audition
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 14:07:17 -0400

On 19 May 2000 16:14:58 -0000, charette@-----.org said:

> Tony wrote:
>
> > (BTW, it was subsequently established that he had been unwell at the
> > time of that audition.)
>
> The bane of anything that requires a one-time performance to proceed.
> Ask any competitor in sports ...

Having said that "it was subsequently established that he had been
unwell," which is simply what I was told when I went back this
year...and without wishing to disagree with what Mark says above...

...what I find striking about the music profession is how little being
ill -- unless you're *really* ill that is -- seems to affect musical
performance. In a way, it seems to make playing easier, because you
have a *proper reason* to feel terrible. That *is* unlike competitive
sports.

People have told me that I played really well on several occasions when
I was actually feeling like death warmed up.

Have others here had this experience?

Tony
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