Anyhow: I haven't sat with an instrument before a conductor, but I have been in the chorus. A huge part of their work happens in rehearsal, not at the concert.
when you see them gesture to the horns or woodwinds, he's already told them what he means by that, and they've written it in their scores.
Not quite: https://www.thepiano.sg/piano/read/conductor-killed-conducti...
Anyhow: I haven't sat with an instrument before a conductor, but I have been in the chorus. A huge part of their work happens in rehearsal, not at the concert.
when you see them gesture to the horns or woodwinds, he's already told them what he means by that, and they've written it in their scores.