Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 2000/10

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] maazel
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 21:33:50 -0400

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At Fri, 6 Oct 2000 11:04:04 EDT David Hattner, NYC wrote

>>
His baton technique is among the clearest and most lucid I have ever =
seen,=20
and his sense of rhythm is unimpeachable
<<

The same can be said about the conductor we have at the local band here =
in Maartensdijk. Yet I never have played with a more lousy conductor. A =
very nice fellow, before he retired he played horn in one of our great =
military orchestras. But he can absolutely not conduct. Maybe that is, =
why he is so good for this band, on the one side, and why he wants to =
stay with it, on the other: the band too is lousy. But we all do what we =
can, and enjoy it.

Rien

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