[rodgersorgan] 2nd Baptist
- From: noel jones <zimbelstern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:03:30 -0400
2nd Baptist is a mammoth, wonderful organ. I would say that this is an
organ that any of us would be thrilled to sit down at on Sunday
mornings.
When I first began playing recitals, I was taken aside by a friend and
told that I was making a big mistake, in that when I made a mistake, I
would frown...instead I should go on as if nothing had happened...after
all one wrong note in hundreds, if not thousands, is quickly forgotten
by the audience. So there's a bit of game-face to be learned.
When a traveling recitalist goes from instrument to instrument they
learn to overcome shortcomings in tonal design, stops that don't play,
things that don't work...and they do their job. Have you ever attended
a recital to find that the organist has decided that the organ is not up
to snuff, and found yourself sitting in an empty church? They are paid
to give a good impression of themselves and the instrument...who wants
to go hear a pianist playing a piano that they don't like to play? Not
me. if I know about it. There is a matter of inspiration here. I don't
want to be operated on by a doctor who doesn't feel like operating that
day either.
Anyhow, we go to recitals to hear organs and organists. That's the way
it is. And we want to believe that the artist is playing the best that
he or she can and they have a responsibility to do so.
To quote from someone who was there at 2nd Baptist for the recital, "It
was disturbing to have the recital start with a comment by the player
that she had not been provided with enough time to practice...As matters
turned out, her playing was excellent, and the concert was completed
without a hitch."
--
noel jones, aago
athens, tennessee, usa
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