All the rehearsal ,s went well at the school ,all I had to do was make certain that I was in time with the others when they were bowing upwards and the same down .it looks very odd when you have 20 violin players doing the up bow and one doing the down bow,so it was all down to timing if I could get that right then I could bluff my way through the number.
Any way the last rehearsal was done on the afternoon of the concert going out live on the radio and it was done at the B,B,C, not at kneller hall. When we got there Max JAFFA and his orchestra had already done their last rehearsal and was sitting down with some members of the public and staff from the B,B,C .And they were going to sit there and see us doing our rehearsal .
Well we all got setup and tuned up ready for the off ,On to the stage came Mr V Tolcsry with Mr Max Jaffa .
Mr Jaffa went on to tell us about our guest Conductor after that, we all clap and welcome him .
And then we started the final rehearsal it was going along well till we came to the Figaro Aria and in this number there are lots music rest where all the orchestra stop playing at the same time for only a very short time about four beats and then start off again,(Well that is how it should have gone
)But what did happen was that the whole orchestra did stop at the same time bar one violin that played on. Yes that was me
next thing I could see was the conductors baton coming at me in the air.
And with the conductor shouting -------------- at me.
It had all the persons watching us rolling over in their seats
at us.
But it went well on the night. And nothing more was said about it.
