He screamed at the timpani (kettledrum) player, "You're fired."
The man left the stage going to pack up his stuff, nervous about how he was going to tell his family that he was no longer employed.
As he left the hall, the tympanist turned to Toscanini and yelled, "You're a son-of-a-bitch!"
To which Toscanini bellowed back, "It's too late to apologize...."
Beethoven's Symphony #9 - Finale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 4 March 1948
Exactly 60 years ago today...
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According to legend - he also kept screaming that the 2nd trumpet was playing too loudly. When someone finally worked up the courage to tell the Maestro that the 2nd trumpet was not AT the rehearsal, he screamed: "When he gets there, tell him he's playing too loudly!!!"
>HUGE bear hug< ...b
thank you. I have to remember this one.
there are so many wonderful stories about the Maestro. he seemed to be so quick.
i learned in my years of teaching that when you demand the best, you get it.
m/
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