The "Where have I been, that I haven't heard this before?" moment

[hrender]

Back in high school, I think I had a recording of Svetlanov leading an orchestra in Procession of the Nobles. Fantastic piece, still a favorite. I recall Svetlanov took a slower tempo, much more stately, than is commonly done now. Seniors had an opportunity to lead our HS wind ensemble in one piece, and I asked to do Procession. Got a no as a response, but they let me do Star Wars main theme (see earlier posting). Still wish we had done Procession.

[GC]

I found a fair number of videos by Svetlanov and by the orchestra. I always thought he was one of the great interpreters of Tchaikovsky

Svetlanov was UncleBeer's chief conductor for eight years. While a great interpreter of Russian music, all other styles of music ended up sounding Russian in his hands. And he also managed to import the gulag mentality into our workplace: continuing rehearsals 1/2 hour beyond quitting time. After several of these episodes, players started just getting up and leaving en masse. Not a nice dynamic.

Sorry to hear that he was such an arse. Where was this, if you don't mind me asking? This also makes me curious about your playing history.

[UncleBeer]

Sorry to hear that he was such an arse. Where was this, if you don't mind me asking? This also makes me curious about your playing history.

Well, he'd obviously gotten away with it regularly in the Soviet Union, so thought he could just import it to the West.

I played in the Hague Philharmonic (NL; locally know as the "Residentie Orkest") for 25 years. Before that I freelanced in NYC for almost 10 years.

[GC]

Thanks.

[Heavy_Metal]

Well, while we're on THAT subject:

He's focused on the conductor- kind of difficult under the circumstances, but he's doing it.

[bloke]

The "bass" guy canNOT allow themselves to be distracted.