Klarinet Archive - Posting 000718.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Mendelssohn 5: added trill?
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 19:22:49 -0400

I was asked to play all the trills in Beethoven 6 from above....which is
NOT standard! So.....the orchestra did as asked, and then on the concert,
we trilled from below. The conductor never noticed.

Roger Garrett

On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, ROBERT HOWE wrote:

> Conductors do have these perogatives. Don't cut off your nose!!
>
> RH
>
> Mark Miller wrote:
> >
> > In an upcoming performance of Mendelssohn 5, I've been asked by the
> > conductor to add a trill in the next-to-last measure of the scherzo. A
> > trip to two editions of the score, one recording (London Phil/Haitink),
> > and the archive on Sneezy hasn't turned up any good reason to do this.
> > Does anyone have any information about this? Is there any good reason
> > (besides continued employment) to add this trill?
> >
> > Mark Miller
> > mkmiller@-----.net
> > www.tiac.net/users/mkmiller/
>