Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 2010/09

From: "Strum, Chuck" <strum@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus for orchestra.
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:01 -0400

Dan,
You were thinking of Gerard Schwarz?

Chuck Strum

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From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [kl] Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus for orchestra.

In any orchestra conducted by Hovhaness, one needed to make an effort to ignore him. He was an Olympic class bad conductor. His favorite thing was to extend his arms and shake them. I don't know what he wanted but he did that from time to time. Somewhere I'm on a recording of his called Alan Hovhaness's wind music. Gerrry what's his name (trumpet, former conductor of the Seattle orchestra) was on that recording too. So was Cohen, now in Cleveland, and lots of others.

Dan Leeson
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From: "Clinton F. Nieweg" <proofferr@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:14 AM
Subject: [kl] Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus for orchestra.

> Dan, if this was the work, you were supposed to be meditating!
> [Hovhaness
> was married 6 times!]
> Hovhaness: Op. 155
> Meditation on Orpheus for orchestra.
> Written in 1957-58. 14min.
> 3333- 4331- timp perc- hp celesta -strings
> pub: CFPeters EP 6109 score $10.95
> Orchestral Material Available for Rental
>
>
> From: "Dan Leeson"
> Well, seeing something about Hovhaness was a shocker. He conducted a
> program in which I took part and which also had a dance group consisting
> of
> 6 women, 1 man, all naked except for tiny g-strings. I was so busy
> looking
> at the beautiful women that I lost my place and never came in. The
> orchestra was on stage and the dancers were in front of us. After the
> dance
>
> was over, the 7 dancers went to the very front of the stage and took a
> BOW.
> It was a magnificent view. I don't remember the piece, which was written
> by
>
> Hovhaness. It had something to do with Orpheus.
>
>
>
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