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Re: Who's in charge?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-05-21 14:01

I played the alto sax part in Bizet's L'Arlesienne suite with the solo in the 1st movement (where the clarinet plays the same four note motif throughout). The conductor took this at a right ol' lick at the rehearsal and when I asked him if that's really the speed he's going to be taking it, the principal oboist turned around and jokingly said, "No - he'll do it faster at the concert." And sure enough he did. I like to play it at around 80bpm, but he took it at at least 120bpm. Once he set his tempo, the only thing anyone could do was go with it.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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