MQOD
July 18th, 2007 by Patty
Shall we find a pub, or would you prefer a restaurant?Silly question—a pub of course. You forget I’m a musician.
-Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Orchestrated Death (conversation between the Slider and Joanna)
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My MQOD, from last night’s Carousel sitzprobe:
“I swear, there’s nothing more beautiful than an English Horn.” – Catherine Snider, musical director
Oooh! May I use this at my site sometime?
It’s SO true! (English horn was my first “gig”, when I landed the San Jose Symphony (RIP) job in 1975.)
So who plays in your orchestra? Just wondering!
(The one and only time I played Carousel I was in an auto accident, when someone ran a light in front of me, on the way to the matinee—and I was subbing for only that day!&mdash and my car was totaled. My oboe went from car seat to floor and was unplayable! Scary day. I was more concerned about missing the beginning of the show than the fact that I had just been in a fairly major crash.)
I figured you’d like that – I thought of you when she said it. Fine by me if you use it.
I haven’t seen any of the orchestra names, I just saw the players for the first time last night. We have two people playing Oboe/English Horn, but my guess is that there will be only one in the pit. I can’t remember what song we were doing when she made that remark – it might’ve been “What’s the Use of Wonderin’”.
Hey Mike, I’m betting it was “when you walk through a storm” or whatever the title is.. We just did Carousel here and I got TONS of compliments on that (big solo with singer). Fun show- great music, stupid plot.