A somewhat unusual performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOQ1C0EHfY
Never heard of that orchestra.
A somewhat unusual performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOQ1C0EHfY
Never heard of that orchestra.
Chris
Of course there is a leader, that's the violinist with the frizzy auburn hair. She's Lonneke van Straalen and she started this (basically pick-up) orchestra. She's also a violinist in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Many of the members of the Mozartthing are recruited from either this orchestra or the Netherlands Philharmonic.
One should keep in mind graduates from today's music schools are phenomenally trained, technically advanced musicians who don't really need brutish dictator/conductors like Szell or any other conductor of the of that bygone era anymore. They can playMozart or Haydn symphonies all by themselves.
The days of people dedicating their lives to sawing or honking away in a big orchestra under a big boss conductor are well and truly on the way out, probably. And that's how music grows.
On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:21:11 PM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:teaches violin, privately - just like most orchestral musicians do. The talk about this being the way orchestras will look like in the future, standing on their feet, in day clothes, being so energetic, is just silly marketing. Orchestras sitting down
The days of people dedicating their lives to sawing or honking away in a big orchestra under a big boss conductor are well and truly on the way out, probably. And that's how music grows.
You don't understand. Most of the people in this video are in a "big orchestra" making a living. This conductorless band is just an additional activity. There are virtually no professional musicians who just do one thing. Lonneke, for instance, also
I didn't see an undue amount of swaying in this performance - perhaps it's regarded as excessive in The Netherlands, especially the more Calvinist bits.
Like I said, the only sure thing I can see
for the near future is that orchestras will be
increasingly composed of women performers,
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:43:10 AM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
is that one's knees say "Hey, fella, take it easy, please!"I didn't see an undue amount of swaying in this performance - perhaps it's regarded as excessive in The Netherlands, especially the more Calvinist bits.Nah, it's just me. I really don't like stand-up classic, with its concomitant swaying about and buckling at the knees. I think it's distracting and I also can't help wondering what these performers are going to do when they hit age 50, or whenever it
This is only halfway through the average classical performer's life / career... Are they all going to switch to cello or harp?
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:47:50 PM UTC+11, Herman wrote:
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:43:10 AM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure some members of Tafelmusik are of riper years and they didn't seem too bothered by standing, or even moving to different places on the stage between pieces.
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 1:51:35 PM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:47:50 PM UTC+11, Herman wrote:
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:43:10 AM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure some members of Tafelmusik are of riper years and
they didn't seem too bothered by standing, or even moving to
different places on the stage between pieces.
Okay, I guess so. One of the advantages of learning the violin is
you do it standing on your feet. That's a good way to stay in shape.
The happy (?) few who become soloists perform and rehearse on
their feet. But if I were an orchestra violinist I couldn't imagine doing hours of rehearsals and the concert standing. But I guess not everyone
thinks this way.
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 12:09:04 AM UTC-7, Herman wrote:
Like I said, the only sure thing I can see
for the near future is that orchestras will be
increasingly composed of women performers,
Anything wrong with that ?!?
the usual pattern: people are having a
discussion about music, and there is Mr
Stupid again, trying to derail things.
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:43:10 AM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:is that one's knees say "Hey, fella, take it easy, please!"
I didn't see an undue amount of swaying in this performance - perhaps it's regarded as excessive in The Netherlands, especially the more Calvinist bits.
Nah, it's just me. I really don't like stand-up classic, with its concomitant swaying about and buckling at the knees. I think it's distracting and I also can't help wondering what these performers are going to do when they hit age 50, or whenever it
This is only halfway through the average classical performer's life / career... Are they all going to switch to cello or harp?
Nobody can survive on what a musician gets paid in a London orchestra,
Easy. They will sit down. Take it from someone
whose knees said that quite a while back :-)
On 10/12/22 11:47 PM, Herman wrote:is that one's knees say "Hey, fella, take it easy, please!"
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:43:10 AM UTC+2, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
I didn't see an undue amount of swaying in this performance - perhaps it's regarded as excessive in The Netherlands, especially the more Calvinist bits.
Nah, it's just me. I really don't like stand-up classic, with its concomitant swaying about and buckling at the knees. I think it's distracting and I also can't help wondering what these performers are going to do when they hit age 50, or whenever it
Easy. They will sit down. Take it from someone whose knees said that
quite a while back :-)
Bob Harper
This is only halfway through the average classical performer's life / career... Are they all going to switch to cello or harp?
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 300 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 86:31:34 |
| Calls: | 6,697 |
| Calls today: | 2 |
| Files: | 12,230 |
| Messages: | 5,348,141 |