Klarinet Archive - Posting 000265.txt from 1997/06

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Dan and clarinets
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 18:49:51 -0400

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Steve Prescott wrote:

> Dan, I also would like to make another point about the following
> statement you made: "I not only can, but _must_, within that context, try
> to interpret the music in such a way as to convey to the listener the
> musical
> intentions of the composer." Do you think Kell interpreted the Brahms
> sonatas the way Brahms intended or do you think one of the other more
> standard (loosely used) recordings is/are what Brahms intended?

Steve, it was not Dan, but I who made that statement. And, in answer to
your question about it, I have to say that I don't know. Probably Dan is
better able to speak to that than I, ironic as that may seem.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu