Klarinet Archive - Posting 000590.txt from 1996/01

From: Richard Faria <faria@-----.COM>
Subj: Stravinsky
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:36:47 -0500

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> Stravinsky 3 Pieces - How about some insights into the piece. I
>know the cat and birds story about the second movement and the impression
>of 1920's jazz in the third. Any ideas on the first movement? Also let's
>hear some ideas on how people interpret this piece especially the first
>movement.
>
>Dan

Here are some comments made by Stravinsky to Gaston Hamelin.

"The first piece, played entirely in the chalumeau register, pictures a
rather desolate scene. It might also portray a person contemplating a
problem...
In the second scene, long arpeggi extending into the high register
give the listener a description of birds...The section of great contrast is
voiced in the low register. The soft execution of grace notes portrays a
cat creeping towards the birds. However, they seem to be untroubled by the
lurking cat and fly away...
The third piece twists and turns with jazz influence of the 1920's.
This movement presents some interesting problems in rhythm because the
composer constantly shifts the flow of the meter..."

_Woodwind World_ 10:7-8, n3 June 1971