tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post8818804267008136103..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Diminished BloggingBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-62810820406105588302018-05-25T20:20:52.998-05:002018-05-25T20:20:52.998-05:00The standard baton, white and about a foot in leng...The standard baton, white and about a foot in length, I think is meant to be quite visible. But yes, of course the orchestra follows the whole movement of the arms.<br /><br />Great stuff, Haydn!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-71127823756842190412018-05-25T17:23:16.880-05:002018-05-25T17:23:16.880-05:00Do orchestral musicians actually look at the baton...Do orchestral musicians actually look at the baton or more likely are they just catching the rhythms of his swinging white cuffs? Maybe the baton is just to give his fingers a point of fixation, and the not for visibility after all?<br /><br />Oh and I must mention how my awesome 18yo son Justin often explores my box set of complete Haydn symphonies, or like just a few nights ago took out my CD of Haydn piano sonatas on historic pianofortes. And he often explores the Mozart chamber music sets I have too. I've been driving very far to work the last few weeks and take consolation in how Sirius XM Symphony Hall radio plays a lot of Haydn and Mozart symphonies.<br /><br />Let Rome burn, I have a fiddle to play.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.com