Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 1996/04

From: ncrocker@-----.EDU
Subj: Me me me.
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:12:58 -0400

> But when I play at a recital, I like to think people want to hear *me*
> playing a composer's work... they don't want to hear me play how my teacher
> plays it or how Wright, Marcellus, or Neidich would have played it... they
> want to hear me.

Maybe they want to hear Mozart, or Brahms, or Stravinsky, or whoever. If
it comes down to a contest between what I think or feel, and what a
composer *wrote*, there is no doubt who ultimately wins. Long after
everyone has forgotten how glorious your playing may have been, Brahms
will still be Brahms, and Mozart will still be Mozart.

It's a lot harder to go to the library, do your reading, listen to music,
practice your scales, eat your lima beans. But how can you expect to
accomplish anything by taking the easy way out?