Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 1994/10

From: pauline minevich f <pminevic@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: National schools of clarinet playing
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 15:24:28 -0400

OK, Dan, I fling back your gauntlet regarding national sounds! I
think there are certainly national styles of playing in terms of entire
orchestras, identifiable by the collective sound of the woodwind section.
For instance, a Leningrad Phil recording of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony
sounds quite different from a New York Phil recording. This has more to
do with oboe sound than clarinet sound, but still, the difference is
there. I think this is especially true of recordings from the 50's and
60's, less true of today's recordings. My husband, who is a Russian
violinist, swears he can tell English, Russian and American violin
sections on symphonic recordings (and he's usually right.) I speak from
experience, as a Brit who emigrated to Canada 20 years ago and had to
sell my B & H clarinet and relearn on a Buffet with a Chedeville
mouthpiece before I could get a job.
Sincerely,
Pauline Minevich

P.S. A few words about myself, in accordance with other Klarinet intros -
I teach clarinet at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ont.; I have
played professionally since the late 70's, in orchestral, chamber, and
solo genre. I have a clarinet-violin-piano trio and would be particularly
interested in exchanging repertoire ideas with other groups of this
combination.

   
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