Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2005/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pittsburgh Ballet Orchestra
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:18:59 -0500

At 08:23 PM 11/3/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Read that article; what a sad state of affairs. I
>wonder if ballet is more pre-disposed to going to tape
>as I have the vague feeling I heard that that is how
>the dancers rehearse, and may actually prefer to
>perform to an unchanging pre-recorded performance
>where the pauses are always exactly the same length
>etc.
>
>Although opera rehearses to piano, I can't imagine a
>big company doing away with the pit. Different
>culture?

Why not just make a video of the dancers too and be done with it?

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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