Klarinet Archive - Posting 000301.txt from 1996/02

From: Takashi Kawai <kawai@-----.CA>
Subj: Re^2:What does 'rather fast' mean?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 03:00:55 -0500

Dear Everett,

Thank you for your reply.

> When the tempo indications are given in the vernacular, I would
> think that the composer is trying to convey a particular feeling
> of movement more clearly to others fluent in that language.

That's true, and probably I should have checked the word,
"ziemlich" in a German-Japanese (or German-English) dictionary...

> (I know George Pietersen has recorded this but I have not heard
> the CD. I bet it is very good)

The CD is available from ETCETERA.(ETCETERA, KTC 1006)

Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1947)
Direction: Kiril Kondrashin
Clarinet: George Pieterson
Orchestra: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Though the tempo may be "rather fast" :), the performance is
very brilliant and excellent.

Regards,

Takashi Kawai
University of Toronto