Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2002/07

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stage manners
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:50:01 -0400

Different folks, different strokes. As a child in the early 1940s, I
would go the the concerts of the NY Phil. and I always found the sight
and sound of players warming up to be one of the most enjoyable parts of
the concert. It created such a terrific sense of excitement for me.

I recognize that others might find such behavior to be interruptive, but
it wasn't for me. It was the best part of the event from my
perspective.

Dan

Neil Leupold wrote:
>
> No orchestra I've ever played in had a formal policy about behavior on
> stage immediately prior to a concert. And I agree, there ought to be
> some rules of decorum about it. At the very least (and this problem
> has always bugged me), I wish the musicians would refrain from running
> through large sections of their parts while on stage before the begin-
> ning of the concert. The principal trumpet playing his opening to
> Mahler 5 over and over, or the promenade from Pictures, the clarinetist
> doing his Pine of Rome solo, right there on stage for everybody in the
> audience to hear. I guess I just don't like the idea of broadcasting
> the themes and music from the music on the concert program before the
> performance actually begins.
>
> Neil
>
> --- Mark Charette <charette@-----.org> wrote:
> > The Cleveland Orchestra's pretty informal 20 minutes or so before the
> > performance time. As the time gets nearer, the "noise" starts dropping.
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, William Wright wrote:
> >
> > > I attend concerts in my own town, but not in neighboring towns. I'm
> > > beginning to wonder whether 'stage manners' in my town have drifted from
> > > the norm, perhaps the result of 'inbreeding'?
> >
> >
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