schubertiade:

nprfreshair:

Conductor James Levine on wildly gesticulating conductors: “If your orientation is to watch the conductor, you get your aural sense interfered with in a way that is not completely controllable and conscious — because you see the conductor gesturing in a way that shows something about his feeling about the passage. And this, unconsciously, you measure against what you hear. And I think the most satisfying pieces that I hear live are usually conducted by conductors who have a very clear-cut idea of what their function is at a rehearsal and what their function is at a concert.”

Interesting comment.

schubertiade:

nprfreshair:

Conductor James Levine on wildly gesticulating conductors“If your orientation is to watch the conductor, you get your aural sense interfered with in a way that is not completely controllable and conscious — because you see the conductor gesturing in a way that shows something about his feeling about the passage. And this, unconsciously, you measure against what you hear. And I think the most satisfying pieces that I hear live are usually conducted by conductors who have a very clear-cut idea of what their function is at a rehearsal and what their function is at a concert.”

Interesting comment.

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    best advice this Dandy, also...training, has ever read with regard to
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    Couldn’t agree more. Of course there’s...time for everything, including gesture with...
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    to my lesson. Pretty interesting.
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    Interesting comment.
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    good point. Similarly, last summer when I saw Dudamel at...Bowl I commented
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    Take notes, music kids! (“Music kids” might be just Stephen,...don’t remember
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