On September 4 Simone and I got married.
course there was great anticipation for the music by and of course I was invited to choose them myself (it was the only case in which my he said "You decide" and then he met!). When a bride
/ a musician is generated around the music an air of mystery than that of the bride's dress. And the tension mounts ...
Needless to say everything was wonderful, although not strictly classical repertoire: Queen, John Lennon, Ennio Morricone, Piovani ... And my musician friends were moving and fantastic. I saw their performances in every single moment spent with them, travel, travel, laughter ... Since we were little to weddings of each of us ...
But sentimentality aside, if I were to say I was just quiet about the success of all, I would be lying. Not because I harbored doubts about the capacity of my trusted friends, but because I know from experience that such marriages never more unexpected things happen.
From my long experience as a "wedding musician" I have learned that it is in work situations "easy" the worst dangers that lurk.
especially at weddings because nothing is ever perfectly planned and often the bride and groom, the priest or relatives trouble, unintentionally, a precarious balance, in itself. And the musicians, knowing you have the enormous responsibility of accompanying the two lovers in the most beautiful day of their lives, are easy prey to performance anxiety.
Here are some tips for them:
Meanwhile, it must be understood that unless the musicians in question are not of practicing believers, from a marriage to another tend to forget the exact order of the various moments of the liturgy. We therefore adhere strictly to the booklet provided to them, hopefully, before the ceremony. Any variation between the musicians creates pure panic. So advice to a couple of advance notice anything to separate it from the canonical liturgy, if you do not want to end up with the Wedding March at the time of communion!
Another problem is the delay of the bride. It will also be romantic, but brides, consider a musician who often enter a marriage in Genoa in the middle of a trial in La Spezia and a concert in Busto Arsizio. So do not overdo it with the delay!
remember in this regard, a tragic marriage where the bride arrived an hour and a half late because he forgot the bouquet in the fridge! A girl of our quartet had a gig out after Genoa, and if went away ... If he wanted that other two of us were in the car with her, so the ceremony ended with a solo violin to carry the Wedding March! Same goes for the priests
verbose style Verdone in "Honeymoon". But in this case there is very little to do.
important: do not forget to communicate if the bride's dress is not white!
It happened to me not to recognize and not play the Wedding March at the entrance!
Finally, another potential problem arises because the signal as the advance of the spouses to the door of the church is interrupted by the photographer, who more or less every two steps, asking them to stop and look with languid air so more or less spontaneous, to capture the solemn moment. All this without taking into account the fact that the poor players are not playing a Mahler symphony, but a wedding march that lasted 2 minutes, yes and no! Which means that are necessary repetitions, in addition to the chorus already provided by the composer. Sometimes, however, the desperation of the music gives rise to tragic misunderstandings, where the first violin, which usually "controls", decides to make refrains entirely unexpected and unpredictable, leaving the others astonished to try in vain to follow him, while he / she finds herself singing (literally) the other parties!
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