Posted by Klaus on September 05, 2001 at 11:26:34:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Seating Question posted by Mike Solms on September 05, 2001 at 10:33:12:
A good sample of conductors hearing with their eyes!
A slightly different situation happened, at least according an urban legend of my youth, in Sweden.
A young composer, who thought of himself as a great conductor, had been allowed to testplay one of his scores with the local symph. Seeing only two players in the horn section he exclaimed:
I most specifically ordered 4 horns, as they are so crucial to the texture of my piece!
The first horn calmly replied: Please don’t worry. We are both playing double horns!
And then there were no more complaints towards the horn section for the rest of the rehearsal.
Klaus
(The boardrelevant question might in this context be: How many spots does a tubaplayer with a compensating instrument fill?)