I baaack. Chris Mullins: >There is an exposed horn solo near the start of the Dvorak, and the >playing was frankly pathetic, in the classic sense. I pitied the horn >player. He lost breath, was under the note - painful. I had my opera >glasses, and I couldn't help but wonder - do orchestra players react >when something like that happens? No no no. You just never know when it might happen to you. I remember a Mahler 7th with the SFO last year where the tenor horn cracked all over the place--the show goes on. As a performer myself, we're instructed to move as little as possible *whatever* the circumstances. This is one of the reasons the classical musician is such an easy target for parody. John Smyth Sacramento, CA