Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm never comfortable at theatre opening nights. If it's my own production I'm too wound up to be able to enjoy the performance and too wary to enjoy the event as a social occasion.
Rehearsals make a huge difference.
If I'm not in the theatre, I'm in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it.
Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.
You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.
Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra.
I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.