last night's rehearsal was interesting. i found myself in various small groups of musicians who wanted to talk about the verdict. it was on everyone's mind.
at one point the sheriff on duty (who is only at the arts council, by the way, because of janine -- she fought for higher security during our evening rehearsals) joined one of our casual discussions and revealed that he was one of the deputies at falls lake the day janine's body was found.
because of the buzz in the air last night our conductor, alan neilson, was in rare form. it's been a while since i posted any of his "neilsonisms", but he let a few fly last night that had us all in stitches.
at the start of rehearsal alan announced that he was having to shift the order of the works around:
"The percussion is going to be an hour late tonight, so I'm starting off with the crap."
i've never heard alan say anything even remotely crass before. it startled us all and we laughed heartily for quite a while.
so alan begins rehearsing one of the crappy works, and when there's a question as to how to play a certain passage he says:
"Play it exactly as rotten." (A clever play on "exactly as written.")
i do love playing with the durham symphony. our holiday concert is this sunday -- perhaps you can come? it's a wonderful event, with a dessert buffet and lots of christmas merriment. and crap.
Posted by xta at November 30, 2005 03:02 PM | TrackBack