Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2002/07

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Stage manners
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:11:35 -0400

Neil -

Your posting reminded me of a Chicago Symphony concert in Indianapolis a
number of years ago. During their warm-up time (with no curtain) we were
all treated to (among other excerpts) a number of French horn solos from
Richard Strauss and Wagner. What was the rub? There was no Strauss nor
Wagner on the program (or encores). I thought that it was quite funny. I
concluded that they were either practicing for the next concert or they just
wanted to show off how damned good they were.

As I recall, it was a great concert.

Regards,

Gene N.

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Leupold [mailto:leupold_1@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] Stage manners

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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