Gregory's Server@J12t do you feel that this is common with conductors as well?
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 @schmudde Conductors mostly do worse, which is to leave the details to the orchestra, which grew up with what it grew up with. I would love to listen to a recording of a rehearsal where a conductor takes issue with the orchestra’s changes to the phrasing or dynamics. Never heard of such a thing. Let’s take this piece I’m listening to. It says, for four bars, ff. Ok. Then, it says, for four bars, pp. Ok. Then, again, ff. What would you expect? f throughout ain’t it. @J12t I assume that some conductors are known to be more rigid in interpretation. But I can’t name any. It was always funny to me that Glenn Gould was such a heretic sensation. Everyone has been massaging the notes forever. And besides, Bach didn’t know a keyed instrument with performative dynamics. |
@schmudde It pervades the establishment. Back in the long ago days when I was a practicing classical musician — and very young — the first you’d do with a new score was to copy your teacher’s markup … which never (in hindsight) attempted to understand the composer’s intention re phrasing. Just not something that was done.