Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 1994/11

From: John Dohrmann <jdohrman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: That Ibert Smile
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 02:15:53 -0500

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John Dohrmann
Puget Sound Water Quality Authority
Olympia, Washington
jdohrman@-----.com

On Wed, 9 Nov 1994, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> If someone playing the Ibert wind quintet can't get a smile out of me by
> the way he or she plays the last movement, then I see it as being overly
> impressed with both the composer's and the piece's reputation.

I agree completely. I measure the success of playing the first or third
movements of the Ibert by the smiles in the audience and my own. Great,
great fun.