Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 1993/09

From: James M Norsworthy <norswort@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: citation index or other material on world renowned
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 15:50:33 -0400

Dearest Michael,

May I comment for a moment on your rather ill-informed opinion on Gigliotti.
As a person who has studied with him, heard him play all of his life, and sat
and had some very interesting and challenging discussions with him concerning
the orchestral repertoire.

I will grant you the fact that he is a bit old and even perhaps at times,
crabby. He, and of this I can assure you, has never been jaded or bitter.
Perhaps you should get to know the person a little before you shove your foot
in your mouth. May I also remind you that Gigliotti has trained many of the
principal players in major orchestras around this country and in some countries
abroad. He is highly repsected in his field and although he is not in his
playing prime he is still one hell of an incredibly talented clarinetist.

Might I also suggest to you in your impetuous youngness that you stop worrying
about other people's playing and start concentrating on your own, because after
all when it comes down to Gigliotti and you, who's the one who has the big
gig?

Just something for you to ponder and perhaps reflect upon for a while. No hard
feelings are meant at all, but think about it.

Sincerely,
J. Michael Norsworthy
Michigan State University
Norswort@-----.edu

>
> Thank you Dr. Spring for responding to whomever wrote about Stolzman being the

> second best clarinetist in the world and Gigliotti being the best or whatever
> he/she said. To put it mildly I was enraged by the comment that only younger
> players wouldn't know that. To that person, I say:
>
> I may be young, but at least I not a tired, jaded and bitter old clarinet
> player who ranks, in my book, on the same level as the pathetic shavings of
> wood upon the floor of the Vandoren reed factory. Age has nothing to do wi
> ability of musical interpretation, thank you very much.
>
> In all my impetuous youngness, might I suggest that you listen to a Musical
> Heritage Society recording of the late Harold Wright (any recording will do) o
r
> perhaps a recording of David Shifrin playing the Brahms sonatas. I think that

> this would open up your eyes to an entirely different realm of clarinetistry
> outside of the stale, mechanical and thin world in which you seem to be living
.
>
> Indeed, sir/madam please open your eyes to the WORLD of music out there before

> you are absorbed into your own vacuosity.
>
> Love love,
> Michael J. Maccaferri
> Oberlin Conservatory of Music
>