Klarinet Archive - Posting 000863.txt from 1997/10

From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Mendelssohn Sonata
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:36:25 -0400

> I've recently been taken with the Mendelssohn Sonata. That beautiful Andante
> movement!

I've a soft spot for that movement, too. While Kennedy was getting
shot, I was winning my only ever prize in a competitive music festival
by playing it. I wasn't a terribly good player, but I'd chosen
something within my capacity, which distinguished me from the other
entrants, and pleased the judges.

> But alas I don't know the history behind this piece. I was totally lost when
> I tried to follow Levin/Neidich's version with the score.
>
> Then I read the intro to my edition (MCA) wherein it is said "It was
> necessary to make a few minor cuts in each movement in order to achieve a
> certain balance of form"

Intriguing. People make snide comments about the structure of the
sonata: does Neidich's version seem better?

Robin