Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 2007/03

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bright and dark sounds
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:13:12 -0500

Gerry Fried told us a story--I think it must also have been about
Labate--at a Kammermusik workshop a few years ago: After seemingly
interminable rehearsal of a passage involving the oboe, he said,
"Maestro, I'm a'gonna play this one more time. You want it now, or
tonight?"

Cheers,
--Joe

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 18:00, dnleeson wrote:
> There is a famous story about the oboeist Bruno Labate, who
> played 1st in the NY Philharmonic probably before I was born. He
> was said to have been such a gifted player who had no idea how he
> did what he did. Once during the rehearsal of the Bizet C major
> symphony, he played the second movement solo so magnificently
> that at the end of the movement, the entire orchestra was staring
> at him in awe.
>
> He looked around surprised, and said, "Eh? You lik-a my new
> shoes?" He had no idea that everyone was amazed at his
> brilliance and thought that they were looking favorably at his
> new shoes..

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