Klarinet Archive - Posting 001271.txt from 1999/01

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Poulenc
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:18:40 -0500

On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:39:21 -0600, kissingerjn@-----.EDU said:

> Two other clarinetists who might have first-hand knowledge of how this
> should be played are Thea King and Georgina Dobree. According to
> Chester (the publishers) they put considerable effort into editing
> Poulenc's sonata for clarinet and piano, including examining the
> manuscript and early editions. Perhaps they also studied the
> manuscript for the two-clarinet sonata.

No, Thea doesn't know any hard facts about 2Sonata apart from voting
'natural' on the phone to me this morning. Don't know about Georgina.

As I said, there's no shortage of *opinions* about it, substantiated by
argument to various degrees. 'Eminence' of executant don't cut it, as
I'm sure you agree.

What Thea did however say was that the more you play Poulenc's piano
music and accompaniments (she's been doing a lot of that recently) the
more 'suspicious' notes you come across.

> (Is the term "trunk" call correct here, Tony? ;^) )

Yerwhat? You mean, because I said I'd 'booked' it?-) Or am I
misunderstanding?

Tony
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