[Mel Sandberg]

Thank you so much!

[Mel Sandberg]

Wow, this is almost unbelievable.

[Mel Sandberg]

This is quite a succinct reply – I like it.

[Mel Sandberg]

My achy breaky harp

[Mel Sandberg]

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

[Mel Sandberg]

Or Moses and Aaron……….

[Mel Sandberg]

Patricia, I like your reply.

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Why would the Intermezzo be right at the end after all the previous hell?

[Mel Sandberg]

I also only play from memory. I memorise everything I learn first, and then practise the fluency and speed in from memory afterwards.

[Mel Sandberg]

The conductor was ranting at the side-drum player who did something wrong and finished off with something like – “well no wonder, whenever a musician can’t measure up to scratch, they take his instrument away, give him 2 sticks and put him at the back of the orchestra”.

[Mel Sandberg]

The best solution was provided by Tchaikovsky:

[Mel Sandberg]

In my experience, the worst I ever encounterd in terms of difficulty vs. inaudibility was in the Overture to the Flying Dutchmann of Wagner.

[Mel Sandberg]

Jennifer, just thought about it – what did you do with page turns?

[Mel Sandberg]

Carl, thanks once again for taking the time and effort to reply with such a clear explanation.

[Mel Sandberg]

Carl, thanks for this.

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