Klarinet Archive - Posting 001013.txt from 2000/10

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: [kl] A conductor
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:33:43 -0400

Tonight I saw a 1999 video that was conducted by Antonio Campori (I
hope I have the name correct).
Although his body language frequently indicated the basic tempo, he
was not conducting the piece beat-by-beat. In fact, for half of the
piece, he held his baton by the middle so as not to stab himself,
similar to how you might hold a clarinet in the middle until you needed
it again.
...anyway, he had magnificent facial expressions which (to my
perception) said more than any hand waving or pointing could, and he
used his arms often in the fashion of ballet to indicate the mood he
wanted rather than to indicate the beat, without getting so ridiculous
about it that he would distract the audience's attention. There were
moments when he just stood there and let the orchestra play.

My question for those of you who play in orchestras is: Is this
the type of conducting under which you would rather play? Or not?

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