So I got on the train. In an hour and fifteen minutes I was at Penn Station where I changed for the uptown #1 to Lincoln Center. So far, so good but I was not prepared for the emergency that followed. You see, there was a bomb scare at Avery Fisher Hall. There was something ticking inside a large cardboard box. The NYPD bomb squad was dispatched and auditions were abruptly moved to Alice Tully Hall (where, incidentally, the acoustics were far superior to those of Avery Fisher Hall). There were ten finalists. One of them was Edwin Barker, my stand partner from the 1971 and 1972 NY All State Orchestra. Ed was from upstate New York and his manner seemed a bit “countrified”. His playing, though, was truly extraordinary. It was an honor to share a stand with him! I remember my audition really well. It lasted about 45 minutes- all in all. I started oƯ with my solo piece- the “Dragonetti” Concerto. Then I played a 20 th century work, Recitativ et Dialogue by Alain Weber. My prepared excerpts included the Recitative from Beethoven lX and the first movement of Mozart 40. Everything was going ok.
Then, sight reading: (Bruckner #7)
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