Klarinet Archive - Posting 000649.txt from 1997/04

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Zemlinsky Trio
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 02:17:31 -0400

On 4/19/97 11:23 PM, Deborah Shaw wrote:

>the Bruch 8 pieces require both the A and Bb clarinet. The 3rd
>movement begins on the A clarinet and ends on the Bb clarinet.

I have an amusing story about one of my performances of this trio. I
played all eight of them in a small town in central New York state at a
local arts center. A "reviewer" (paid by the column inch!) from the local
paper came, and wrote a generally nice review. He noticed that 1.) I
swabbed constantly (it was January in a drafty old mansion/arts center),
though he didn't understand what I was doing, and 2.) that I alternated
clarinets. His comment was that my clarinets continually malfunctioned,
and had to be replaced with the other instrument!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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