Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 1996/07

From: Bruce Currie <BCurrie101@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Finzi Bagatelles (fwd)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00:14 -0400

I am EXTREMELY behind on reading my mail, but - I have found the
Finzi Bagatelles so charming that I have played them both for a
wedding and for regular church services (although you have to work
the last movement perhaps into a postlude). Everyone enjoys hearing
them -- especially that very simple Carol movement. I have most
enjoyed doing the first movement.

>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:44:53 -0400
>From: Cathleen Renee Orr <orrcathl@-----.EDU>
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>Subject: Re: Finzi Bagatelles (fwd)
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> Richard Stoltzman has recorded them with orchestra on RCA CD
>60437-RC. They are wonderful pieces. I liked them from the start
>also.
>Well, Fred likes it, but I don't much care for Stoltzman's
>recording. Too much vibrato made the second movement-which is so
>beautifully clarinet to me- sound like a soprano sax... ugh! But
>then again, it IS a matter of opinion. I will be on the lookout
>for another recording. I played the Bagatelles for my jury exam
>this past spring. Spent about 9 weeks concentrating on the fifth
>movement: a challenge I didn't think I could meet and one my
>professor wanted me to try very badly. I was pleasantly surprised
>and he was too with the results.
> Guess he knew all along that I could do it, but wanted me to
>prove it to myself. What a piece! I love the Finzi Five.
>
>-Cathleen
>orrcathl@-----.edu
>Michigan State University

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Bruce Currie
Lombard, Illinois
e-mail: BCurrie101@-----.com
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