In Reply to: I heard the Beecham Stockhausen story decades ago, when... posted by John Marks on September 1, 2015 at 07:43:37:
"The French Horns are too loud."
The Concert Master leans over and says, "But the French Horns aren't playing there."
So Beecham sys, " Well, if they Had been playing, they Would have been too loud..."
Also, at one Concert he thought the first piece was Beethoven's 5th Sym, so he wound up
and gave a Big Down beat, and the Orch started playing
the Pastoral Sym.
(You have to visualize it...)
OK, back to Stockhausen-Bashing.
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Follow Ups
- Beecham stops the Orch and says ( you need to imagine his heavy Brit accent), - oldmkvi 08:11:54 09/01/15 (2)
- He supposedly told one section of the orchestra - John Marks 08:27:08 09/01/15 (1)
- I LOVE his dry British Wit! nt - oldmkvi 08:44:19 09/01/15 (0)