OK, I admit that those aren't the Hallé horns. But how often do you see a picture of 9 horn players together... with Swiss mountains in the background? I was reminded of this picture tonight, when it was the first of the Mahler 3 gigs. The horns are definitely my favourite part of the symphony, so it was quite right that they got to take a bow as a section.
The gig went rather well - there was a standing ovation at the end (although, to be fair, it did coincide with people standing up to leave... but I think most of it was genuine) and Mark got more curtain calls than I can remember for years. I'll be interested to see the reviews! I think everyone is looking forward to doing it again in Sheffield on Saturday, but it's never the same as in Manchester!
Not much else to say at the moment - off to bed soon - other than that it seems that loads of people are doing the People's Chorus thing. My music arrived today - I'm a tenor in choir 3. Sounds as if quite a few Hallé people are in choir 3 - I hope they've got some good people in the other choirs to balance us!
Oh, and Graham E kindly sent an mp3 of Mark getting his RPS award.
More tomorrow. Maybe. Including - maybe - the much-delayed Take That report, which Abi reminded me I promised ages ago. In the meantime, to balance the Verbier horn section, here are the Verbier timp players :-)
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I'm in choir 2
I'm in Choir 5
I'm in choir 8- so is Margaret
I'm in choir 3, but an alto.
The M.E.N. review noticed that we were there - that's it!
I'm in Choir 5
I'm reassured that the People's Chorus might be a bit better balanced now :-)
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