Klarinet Archive - Posting 000996.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mary Sotnik" <marys@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Kell
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:00:06 -0400

>I'm sorry everybody, but I received a reply to a message that really
>irritated me and I would like to throw it out to the group for comments.
>If this gets too heavy, I'll apologize profusely, but I just don't feel
>that ANYBODY'S musical feelings should be supressed.
>
>Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>
>(read the bottom part first)
>
>OF COURSE YOU SHOULD ARGUE WITH SOCIETY. Whose opinion was it that said
>Kell's slower interpretation "was not acceptable for a contemporary
>performance?" Isn't your opinion as valid as theirs? Are you very young?
>Unless you assert your own feelings you will not grow. Not to say that if
>you are clearly WRONG that you should push your point, but HECK, we are
>talking about musical interpretation, and how the music moves the soul. If
>it feels good slow, DO IT SLOW, and who can say thats wrong. I'm sure many
>others feel the emotion the same way as you do. Don't be bamboozled by
>strong willed people asserting THEIR feelings.
> If we put this on the list I think it would start WWIII!
>
> Heck- I'm putting this out to the list. No offense, but your backing down
>from what you feel correct angered me. Sorry :D
>
>Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>
>
>At 05:58 PM 7/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Mr. Sheim,
>>
>>I actually agree with you totally in Kell's interpretation, but as I
>>found out when I auditioned this piece a few weeks ago, it apparently is
>>not acceptable for a contemporary performance. I wish it were because I
>>think it sounds a lot cooler the way Reginald Kell played it but I guess
>>we shouldn't argue with society... ;)
>>
>>Salut!
>>Mark
>>markb@-----.com
>>

Mark can back down if he wants a quiet life & if he doesn't want to annoy
anyone but I don't see how he'll perform a piece convincingly if he's
performing it the way someone else says he should
while still all the time thinking it's the wrong way to play it.
Mary

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