Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2011/01

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuba mirum - K.626 (off-topic)
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:48:27 -0500

To admit that you have played 1000 Nutcrackers and are still not tired of it
is a sign of masochism. Beat me, I love it!! As a sign of my good
upbringing, I played between 800 and 1000 over a 30 year period and every
one was misery.

I even got a concussion in one performance. The stage directed decided to
use mechanical mice for the mouse fight, and they were all controlled by
radio. One mouse wandered too near the lip of the stage, fell off, and
landed on my head. The damn thing weighed about 5 pounds and I was out like
a light. When smelling salts woke me up during the intermission, the
contractor said, "You'll have to play the second act."

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Tuba mirum - K.626 (off-topic)

> Dan:
>
> We all know that your aversion to "The Nutcracker" is due to the lack of a
> basset horn part!
>
> -Steve Hartman
> (I've played nearly a thousand "Nutcrackers" and am still not tired of
> it.)
>
>
>> It was never boring or tiresome. I would do three Nutcrackers and never
>> want to hear it again. But not the Requiem. I could do 20 a day and
>> still
>> want more.
>
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