"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Iain M Churches
wrote:

Sometimes at rehearsal before recordings, in the absence of the
conductor, the concert master (leader 1st vlns) leads the orchestra. I
have often stood on the rostrum (with the pretence of adjusting the
conductor's foldback or microphone) and listened. It is a most
interesting experience:-)) I have often wondered what would have
happened if I had picked up the baton:-)

The Musician's Union would have jumped on you? :-)

No. I had both an MU and an ACTT card so that was not my worry.
I was much more concerned about the musical chaos that would have
ensued. Prokofiev like the world has never heard it before or since:-)


Iain