Klarinet Archive - Posting 001354.txt from 1997/08

From: Mitch Bassman <mbassman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Nielsen Concerto
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 16:39:19 -0400

David McClune wrote at 04:04 PM 8/30/97 -0500:
>I freely admit my remark about the snare drummer placement in the Nielsen
>Concerto was to give rise to a smile, not a frown.

As the responder who took issue with your remark, I freely admit that I did
detect the smile in the tone of your remark. :) However, as the father of a
timpanist who has more musical talent in one little finger than most people
have in their entire bodies, and more drive to perfect the quality of his
sound than any other musician I know, I just had to take the opportunity to
praise the snare drum as a musical instrument.

> I have performed it with
>piano and snare drum (he was a sub with the Minnesota Symphony) and even
>with an incredible percussionist, we ended up placing him behind the piano
>so we could see each other, but so some of the sound was reflected by the
>piano body and lid back towards the back a curtained stage. Our problem
>was a bright hall with too much echo. The snare part is available through
>Kalmus Music, score #A5354, $3.00 plus shipping.

Thanks for this explanation, too. I think that's exactly what the original
poster wanted to learn.

Mitch Bassman
mbassman@-----.com