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A conductor's job is to se the over-all picture of the music he is conducting.
An orchestral musician's job is to play the notes in front of him.
Very few orchestral musicians actually have a full understanding of all parts of a symphonic work. (notice I said "very few" not "none")
Anyone who thinks all a conductor does is beat time, or dictate tempos and dynamics, does not understand what it is a conductor does. There's a LOT more involved.
A conductor hears the music from a different perspective than an orchestral player who is in the middle of a section.
The conductor might decide to bring out specific details that that single oboist might not have thought of bringing out since he's just in the middle of a bunch of other woodwinds. Or the second clarinet part, or a fourth horn part....
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"Those that know, do;
Those that understand, teach."
-Aristotle-
"toute audace engendrée par l'ignorance cesse d'être une audace et devient une maladresse"
-Debussy-
In musical criticism, when issues of craft and technical consideration are set aside, what remains is more subjective. However, until technical issues are dealt with, the subjective portion bears considerably less weight.
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