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« Reply #15 on: 20:00:12, 24-04-2008 »
Maybe its for the best - nice guy - not a great musician. But to inflict his conducting on an orchestra - well I'm pleased I'm not playing anymore!
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« Reply #16 on: 20:12:35, 24-04-2008 »
Quote from: ariosto on 20:00:12, 24-04-2008
Maybe its for the best - nice guy - not a great musician.

Not a great musician? Come on ariosto. He is astonishingly great at playing the violin, surely?
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« Reply #17 on: 20:17:34, 24-04-2008 »
But look on the bright side, John - a bit more practice and his old violin space could be yours Wink   I mean, how hard can it be to hit the right string from a choice of just four?  Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: 20:41:43, 24-04-2008 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 20:17:34, 24-04-2008
But look on the bright side, John - a bit more practice and his old violin space could be yours Wink   I mean, how hard can it be to hit the right string from a choice of just four?  Smiley

Yeah but there's also four fingers, oh and that arm going back and forward, and those lines with black dots on them, not forgetting the brain that hurts

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« Reply #19 on: 20:46:36, 24-04-2008 »
Quote from: John W on 20:12:35, 24-04-2008
He is astonishingly great at playing the violin, surely?

Knowing nothing about music theory, John, I can't really get too deeply into this discussion.  But I've seen quite a few violinists and MV always did a good imitation of someone who was great at playing the violin.  Maybe he's a charlatan who's been fooling us just by sounding wonderful and lighting up the hall with his presence at every concert/recital I've seen where he took part.  I was very disappointed when he cancelled his late prom last year but it hadn't occurred to me then that I might never again see him with a fiddle in his mitt.  For selfish reasons I hope it's a false alarm but I wish him the best for the future whatever he decides to do.
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« Reply #20 on: 22:17:20, 24-04-2008 »
Quote from: John W on 20:12:35, 24-04-2008
Quote from: ariosto on 20:00:12, 24-04-2008
Maybe its for the best - nice guy - not a great musician.

Not a great musician? Come on ariosto. He is astonishingly great at playing the violin, surely?


Musician v Instrumentalist?

Certainly a great instrumentalist.  I actually like some of the things he does musically as well.  He does take liberties occasionally, pushing the boundaries of what the score asks for and what interpretation has to work within.  And does he always get the spirit or soul of a work?  Well, no.

But, I can think of worse musicians.....

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