Klarinet Archive - Posting 000598.txt from 1997/12

From: Clarial <Clarial@-----.com>
Subj: de Peyer recital December 6
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 20:45:10 -0500

=0ARe: de Peyer Recital with Melos Ensemble of Washington=0A=0AFrom: Albe=
rt Hunt (Clarial@-----.com)=0A=0AAt 7:30 Saturday, December 6, the Melos E=
nsemble of Washington, Gervase de=0APyer, Music Director, presented a rec=
ital at the Virginia Theological Seminary@-----. The program in=
cluded W A Mozart's Divertimento K229 arranged=0Afor two clarinets and ba=
ssoon, Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds, Florent=0ASchmitt's Sonatine=
en Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano, Camille Saint-Sa=EBns'=0ACaprice =
on Danish and Russian Airs for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano and=0APoul=
enc's Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet. =0A=0AEven if this was not writt=
en for Klarinet, the spotlight would be on Gervase@-----. His mu=
sical personality dominated the concert. Mr. de Peyer's=0Aapproach to t=
he clarinet and music making remain very personal. More than a=0Aclarinet=
ist, Mr. de Peyer is a musical interpreter. His playing was=0Aexpressive,=
romantic, aggressive, sometimes unattractive, often beautiful and=0Aalwa=
ys interesting. If at times, Mr. de Peyer parted ways with traditional=
=0Aperformance practices =97 sections of each Mozart work seemed to have =
a bit more=0Arubato than seemed appropriate to this listener =97 he seeme=
d to achieve his@-----. Among the golden moments of the concert=
are the gorgeous@-----. de Peyer created with oboist Fatma Dagle=
r in the Mozart Quintet,@-----. =
@-----. He seemed to go for=
the most=0Aexciting musical line, rewarding listeners with beautiful and=
interesting@-----. de Peyer is not a careful playe=
r and sometimes his@-----. In several of t=
he fortes, his timbre@-----. Althou=
gh his fingers seemed to get=0Aentangled on a couple of technical phrases=
, Mr. de Peyer's technique was more@-----. And to this listener=
, the few blemishes are worth the price of=0Aan evening of creative music=
making. @-----. de Peyer'=
s credit. They are a=0Adiverse crew of musical backgrounds and personalit=
ies; and that diversity led@-----. Perhaps t=
he greatest contrast was between=0Athe cool, technically exact playing of=
Russian bassoonist Arnold Irchai and@-----. de Peyer's emotional, spontan=
eous, sometimes over-the-edge approach to@-----. This contrast proved =
the most interesting - and useful - in the Mozart@-----. Irchai's prec=
ision allowed Mr. de Peyer to be as expressive as he=0Awished without hav=
ing a concern about whether the other players would be with@-----. Partic=
ularly noteworthy was the versatile horn playing of Virginia native=0AJen=
nifer Montone, a 20 year old Juilliard student. Ms. Montone recently won=
@-----. =
Her=0Aintonation was impeccable and her youthful enthusiasm brought fres=
hness to the@-----. de Peyer's=
approach to the clarinet and the music,@-----. =
de Peyer was making a unique musical statement.=0AAnd in the increasingly=
homogeneous classical music world it was a breath of@-----. Overal=
l, this concert was a pleasure to hear. =0A=0A--------------------------=
------------------------------------------------=0A=0AAlbert Hunt=0A4410 =
Elmwood Drive=0AAlexandria Virginia, 22310=0A(703) 924-6639=0Ae-mail: Cla=
rial@-----.com=0A=0A

   
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