Doublereed Archive - Posting 000000.txt from 2005/03

From: Jennifer I.Paull <info@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Stravinsky Danses Concertantes query
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:06:50 -0500


On Monday, February 28, 2005, at 06:03 pm, h.micklem@-----.uk wrote:

> Greetings -
>
> I've just been listening to an old recording of Danses Concertantes by=20=

> Robert Craft with the Columbia Orchestra (under the supervision of=20
> Stravinsky, according to the insert) and am curious about the oboe=20
> sound. Can anyone tell me who was playing on that recording and=20
> whether the sound was usual for that player? I started off disliking=20=

> the sound, but then began to think that it really suited the character=20=

> of the piece ; so I wonder whether it was something that=20
> Craft/Stravinsky asked for particularly.
>
> Spedding Micklem (playing it next week end and wondering whether to=20
> try for something similar)
>
>

Dear Spedding,

I really believe that the purpose of playing is to say
something and interpret in your own way, that which
the composer wrote and the conductor encourages to
hang together (!).

We cannot suppose what happened at this recording,
whether or not the oboist in question was admired or
tolerated - whether all good cane was lost in the
flooding of Fr=E9jus or whether this morsel was the stuff
of everyone's dreams (or nightmares).

The fact that you have heard and admired it will
cast a hue upon your own interpretation. May I suggest
therefore, that you simply play as yourself? In so
doing, you will be your own original, tinged with an
appreciation of things passed. Isn't that what we
should be doing for everything we play?

I hope very much that you enjoy your concert.
With best wishes from the Polar wastes of central
Europe,

Jennifer

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