Klarinet Archive - Posting 001274.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Mendelssohn 5: added trill?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 20:01:18 -0500

an excellent Mendelssohn scholar to contact would be Michael Cooper:

mcooper@-----.edu

Good luck!

RG

On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, 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/
> >
> >
> Sorry for the late response -- I've been out of town!
>
> I played Mendelssohn 5 this past July. The second clarinet player had a
> trill pencilled in on his part; I did not. We tried it both ways, and I
> thought it was better without. It preserves the line, and you don't have
> to worry about timing w/ the second.
>
> I don't know why this is an issue, but obviously has been done both ways.
>
>
> Jacqueline Eastwood
> University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
> eastwooj@-----.edu
>
>