Strange Conducting Stories

[kreig-kitts]

This thread reminds me of one of my favorite Frasier episodes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftjp5f3CieU

[Mel Sandberg]

Thank you very much Kreig – you just made my year.

[sherry-lenox]

I can’t imagine how I missed this- I thought I had watched every Frasier twice.
Who’s the harpist?

[shelby-m]

Well, mine isn’t nearly as funny as everybody else’s, but when I used to play (flute) in the community orchestra, the conductor would stop us every 20 bars or so and tell us how to play it better. I think we only managed to play the pieces all the way through in one go at the dress rehearsal!

[rosalind-beck]

I might be mistaken, but she appears to be an actress playing the role of a harpist.

[harp guy]

Here’s one from a friend of mine (oboist). A conductor was doing a choir and orchestra piece. While rehearsing the choir specifically she stood in the middle (between the choir and orchestra). The concertmaster gave the downbeat so everyone could play.

It’s a standard orchestra, right? (yes).

She kept asking (in her particularly snooty british accent) for ‘More Saxophone!’

[Sylvia Clark]

Re: Kreig’ post.

[Saul Davis Zlatkovski]

I’m pretty sure Frasier used an actual harpist who actually played, if it’s the scene in his apartment, with the harp by the grand piano.

[Julietta Anne Rabens]

That Frasier clip is hilarious.

My favorite quote from a rehearsal,
“The singers might use a different tempo, but we’ll try to meet at the end.”

[rosalind-beck]

Looks like it’s supposed to be a recording studio.

[kreig-kitts]

Yes, it’s an episode where the station personalities have to come up with jingles for their shows, and of course Frasier goes overboard, composes a huge piece, then hires a chorus and orchestra for it and unleashes his inner Toscanini.

[adam-b-harris]

Not exactly a strange conducting story but worth a look if you haven’t already seen it…..

http://www2.choralnet.org/268945.html

cheers

adam

[Philippa mcauliffe]

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[jessica-wolff]

Love that kid!!

[kay-lister]

LOVE IT!

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