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- Aaron Tickner
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Re: What non-Bing music have you been listening to recently?
Ian Kerstein wrote:
Well, that's a relief!
As with many, I adore his New World Symphony. Does exhaustion ever show itself while conducting the longer symphonies or concertos (and indeed requiems), particularly during a full concert programme?
I've often wondered this when watching an orchestra, where the conductors (particularly the more physically expressive ones) seem to be giving their all?
Fortunately I've never conducted the Requiem - but yes conducting is quite physical - particularly exhausting in our humid summers. You don't notice how much fluid you are losing while conducting because you are so immersed in the music. However, afterwards is a different story. I remember getting off stage one time and a mate of mine was backstage. He thrust a towel in my face straight away and mopped me up. He then had an opened bottle of water in my hand.
Mind you, I think violin, viola, cello and double bass would be equally physical. I'm not a string player so don't really know. Orchestral brass playing is mentally demanding. There are long rests but you have to stay so focused. You have to be absolutely ready for the best tone and articulation when you enter and yet you can easily switch-off due to the long rests.
Currently listening to a Coleman Hawkins compilation - the accompanying CD to Ken Burns' JAZZ series.
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- David Lobosco
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Re: What non-Bing music have you been listening to recently?
Well, that's a relief!
As with many, I adore his New World Symphony. Does exhaustion ever show itself while conducting the longer symphonies or concertos (and indeed requiems), particularly during a full concert programme?
I've often wondered this when watching an orchestra, where the conductors (particularly the more physically expressive ones) seem to be giving their all?Fortunately I've never conducted the Requiem - but yes conducting is quite physical - particularly exhausting in our humid summers. You don't notice how much fluid you are losing while conducting because you are so immersed in the music. However, afterwards is a different story. I remember getting off stage one time and a mate of mine was backstage. He thrust a towel in my face straight away and mopped me up. He then had an opened bottle of water in my hand.
Mind you, I think violin, viola, cello and double bass would be equally physical. I'm not a string player so don't really know. Orchestral brass playing is mentally demanding. There are long rests but you have to stay so focused. You have to be absolutely ready for the best tone and articulation when you enter and yet you can easily switch-off due to the long rests.
Currently listening to a Coleman Hawkins compilation - the accompanying CD to Ken Burns' JAZZ series.
Coleman Hawkins is a genius! I'm a huge fan.
Currently though I am listening to Vera Lynn's Decca albuim If I Am Dreaming from 1956. It is a masterpiece if you are a fan of hers!