Klarinet Archive - Posting 000397.txt from 1994/11

From: OLIVER SEELY <oliver@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Listening to a recording first.
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 23:24:57 -0500

For those of us who find ourselves "out of shape"
after being away from the instrument for too long,
but drafted for a performance (yes it DOES happen
occasionally), a recording can make
the difference between a disaster and a decent
performance. I was drafted to do the principal part
of the Castelnuovo Tedesco guitar concerto for
a concert on short notice. The recording allowed
me to develop what I felt to be just the right amount
of "whimsy" for the part -- something that I would
have played mechanically straight had I not listened
closely to the recording and practiced with it.

Oliver