Klarinet Archive - Posting 000643.txt from 1997/11

From: Michael Norsworthy <mnorsworthy@-----.net>
Subj: RE: Weber One
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 09:31:19 -0500

> Bill, you may vent anytime. I believe that many people look down upon
> concert bands because they a) have never heard a really fine one; b) have
> heard only orchestral transcriptions played....never heard the wonderful
> works of Shoenberg, Hindemith, Dahl, Holst, Vaghann Williams, Husa,
> Mendelssohn, Wagner, Berlioz, Grainger, Hanson.....etc. c) only hear them
> in park concerts.

No quite the contrary. I stated what I did because I simply don't like the
concert band medium. I've heard many of the world's finest wind ensembles and
I've even played in a few of them, but to tell you the truth.... I just don't
like them. I've played all of the works that you mentioned above and still....
I don't like them. Is it wrong for someone not to like something? I venture
to say that most people wouldn't like some of the Xenakis works that I play,
but that's their opinion and you know what..... it's fine with me. Different
strokes for different folks here people.

Michael Norsworthy