Klarinet Archive - Posting 000403.txt from 1997/06

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Repetition, novelty & boredom
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 01:20:37 -0400

On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Gary Young wrote:

> Dan, if you read this, is it appropriate to improvise on that theme, and if
> so, where and how? It already has a lot of notes, and goes at a pretty
> fast clip, so it is unclear to me how you'd do this. TIA for your answer.

Improvisation need not always occur on the main theme of a given
section. Concerning the Rondo of Mozart's concerto, Charlie Neidich
does a beautiful little bit near the end of the piece in his recording,
where there is a series of leaps to C in the staff from A, G, F, E, and C
an octave below. Immediately following that series of leaps back to
C are trilled low notes followed by interval leaps of a third on quarter
notes. Perhaps you recognize the section. It's meant to be a technical
tour de force directed at the conclusion of the concerto, and Neidich
spices it up with added apeggios and returning scales. When I first
heared his rendition, it literally sent electricity up my spine, it
was so unexpected and so exciting to hear. It is also an example
of improvisation in perhaps the most appropriate of places -- somewhere
in which the performer's technical prowess is being showcased.

Neil