[Trombone-l] Booo!!

[james meador]

Well, I had an interesting experience today.  The guest conductor of our 
orchestra was booed at the end of the program.  The program was decent, at 
least the second half was.  We opened with a very fun and energetic piece 
called La Boda de Luis Alonso-Intermezzo by Giminez, then a Spanish guitar 
concerto by Castelnovo which I thought was terribly boring.  We started the 
second half with Jules Massenet's Le Cid Overture and ended with Le Cid 
Suite, both of which I thought were fine pieces.  I recorded the concert and 
I thought we played well, technically at least.  Musically, the performance 
left a little to be desired.

Despite the boos, we played the last movement of the suite as an encore (and 
we did on Friday night as well).  Interestingly, they did not boo the encore 
(they had probably already left).  I'm fairly certain the boos were directed 
at the conductor because the two or three people doing the booing would only 
do so when the conductor walked out to bow.  I can't determine if they were 
booing because of the musical interpretation or because of the programming, 
or what, but it shocked everyone in the orchestra and the audience.  At 
least a riot didn't break out!!

James

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James N. Meador, Bass Trombone
Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán
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