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Author: hartt
Date: 2013-10-29 05:10
wow, thanks for that and the Mozart
she is beyond having talent, it's spiritual
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-10-29 13:03
Apparently this incident took place at an open rehearsal. It's an inspiring video, no doubt about it, but I share the skepticism of some of the YouTube visitors that this "accident" may have been staged. Even if it's credible that the conductor and the soloist had no previous run-through with the orchestra, did they not even discuss the program before playing it in public? Hard to believe. Maybe I've been working as a movie critic too long, but notice the positioning of the cameras that catch the dialogue, with that exceptional rapport between conductor and soloist, better than the music itself.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
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Author: William
Date: 2013-10-29 15:49
I would try to do what Benny Goodman did here in Madison during a solo performance with our MSO. Playing from memory, he totally forgot a whole section of the concerto but kept on playing arpeggios until his memory rebooted. At the end, he smiled and bowed.....and received a standing ovation from the audience, most of which were obviously unfamiliar with the work.
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Author: davyd
Date: 2013-10-29 17:17
The story is told that (violin soloist of your choice) came on stage expecting to play the Beethoven concerto, with its lengthy orchestral introduction -- only to be highly nonplussed when the orchestra struck up the Mendelssohn concerto, with its extremely brief introduction.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2013-10-29 19:25
From the dialog between the pianist and conductor during the opening tutti, it appears that the soloist had performed the work with the conductor the previous season.
A similar mix-up happened to me once, fortunately only in a rehearsal. I had agreed with the music director to perform the "Rossini," "Introduction, Theme and Variations." At the first rehearsal, he gave the downbeat and the orchestra began... Rossini's "Variations in C." I simply stopped the proceedings and told the conductor he had the wrong piece. The orchestra obtained the correct music by the next rehearsal and all was good ... well, almost all. The orchestra member who wrote our program notes put notes for the wrong piece in our program -- despite my having given him notes on the correct work.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: sonicbang
Date: 2013-10-29 20:16
>The story is told that (violin soloist of your choice) came on stage expecting to play the Beethoven concerto, with its lengthy orchestral introduction -- only to be highly nonplussed when the orchestra struck up the Mendelssohn concerto, with its extremely brief introduction.<
I heard that story with Menuhin. I don't remember which orchestra and concert hall was where it taken place, but Menuhin prepared with the Sibelius concerto and there was a change but the manager forgot to tell it to the maestro. There was no time for rehearsal, but the conductor and the solist were trusting in each other. Instead of the Sibelius, the Mendelssohn e-minor was the work.
When everybody was ready for the performance, the orchestra started with the Mendelssohn. Menuhin has almost no time to realize what's happening, but he quickly took the violin and played the entire concerto perfectly, of course by memory. This is remarkable, because there are only 3 seconds orchestral introducing before the violin has to start! After the concert, Menuhin admitted to the conductor that he was expecting another concerto.
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Author: donald
Date: 2013-10-29 20:17
Reccently an orchestra I sub with had a minor mix up re which Mozart symphony we were playing... with conductor, music director, personal manager, personal managers assistant, music librarian all in the mix, the confusion between two symphonies meant I got hired to do nothing for the morning.
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