Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 1998/01

From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Adagio for clarinet choir
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:05:01 -0500

> <<I heard a personal first today: Barber's Adagio for Strings performed
> by a clarinet choir, Richard Stolzman principal. [...]
> >>
>
> E-gad!! I like the clarinet, but I can't imagine the shrill sound of a bunch
> of clarinetist (including E-flat I would venture to guess) shreaking during
> the climax! If Barber himself approved it, he must have been experiencing a
> week moment.

strange as it may seem, many choirs manage to keep their e-flatter in
control; one assumes that stoltzman would have attracted a player
whose control was adequate to the matter.

r

   
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