Klarinet Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 1997/11

From: "R Tennenbaum" <rtenn@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Ricardo Morales recital
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:38:05 -0500

Fred wrote:

>Another thing that I can comment on is that Mr. Morales frequently blew out
>moisture from some tone holes on the horn. No big problem, but he did it
>audibly (fwoosh) and I did take notice that perhaps this should not happen?

In all fairness, it was probably as humid a day as a clarinetist has
played a New York recital in some time -- at least when it's muggy in
the summertime, the air-conditioning provides some relief.

Fine playing, I agree -- I thought highly of Rafael Figueroa's cello
as well; the dialogue of the Brahms slow movement gave some of the
nicest moments of the afternoon. (Although I thought Mr. Morales was
going to drop the sheet music when they changed stands and Mr.
Figueroa, uh, "handed" him the pages for the Byrd).

-Rafe T.