johnflugel
Active Member
I was really hacked off with some of the people who attended the Open on Saturday.
It has already been mentioned about the lack of respect shown by the people who made made grunts, groans and deliberately loud sharp intakes of breath when a performer made an obvious error.
I know that much if this is through surprise and shock, especially when it is from one of the better bands there, but the response from some people was embarrassing. I would hazard a guess that the majority of these 'fine musicians' who make such noises will never ever touch the heights or standards of some of the players who made uncharacteristic errors on Saturday.
Two guys sat next to me, from midday till the end: 'oooo tuning, ooooo intonation,ooooo my score says rubato'....grrrr shut up!
We all sit and judge, but let's keep it to ourselves during performance.
Good day on the whole - YBS were clear winners in my view with 4-5 real top notch performances behind them. The rest, for me were as good/bad as each other for different reasons.
John
It has already been mentioned about the lack of respect shown by the people who made made grunts, groans and deliberately loud sharp intakes of breath when a performer made an obvious error.
I know that much if this is through surprise and shock, especially when it is from one of the better bands there, but the response from some people was embarrassing. I would hazard a guess that the majority of these 'fine musicians' who make such noises will never ever touch the heights or standards of some of the players who made uncharacteristic errors on Saturday.
Two guys sat next to me, from midday till the end: 'oooo tuning, ooooo intonation,ooooo my score says rubato'....grrrr shut up!
We all sit and judge, but let's keep it to ourselves during performance.
Good day on the whole - YBS were clear winners in my view with 4-5 real top notch performances behind them. The rest, for me were as good/bad as each other for different reasons.
John