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Originally Posted by BFlinch83  When I was playing with New World last year on something (can't remember which show), MTT said that we should all be better actors. An actor can turn on or off emotion to fit the character beign played. Why do we find it so hard to play in the character of a piece? |
Brent,
Exactly. MTT knows his stuff (I'll tell a story or two in time). The secret, naturally, is to recognize the character of each composer and each composition and bring that character forward.
A bit of advice though. . . marking "Bud" over a passage served you well when you were a student (I used to imagine that Gerry Schwarz was sitting in the audience), but you've grown beyond that. Now hear the passage with you, not Bud, playing it along with the CSO. Imitation is vital at a certain age but death at another. Nobody can be Bud Herseth except Bud Herseth, and those trying to at best can only muster a pale imitation. Hold your head high and be Brent Flinchbaugh. . . today the New World, tomorrow the rest of the world!
Thanks for your kind words.
Best,
EC