Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 1999/11

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] re: Hard stuff - was Tchk. Double tongue
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:51:10 -0500

Tom & Walter don't get the point:

In a message dated 11/3/99 10:07:40 AM Central Standard Time,
reedman@-----.com writes:

<<<Ya know the worst of it is that a lot of really hard stuff is so buried
by other voices, that all of that hard work, is often not even heard at
all.>>>

Walter responded:

<<<Exactly my original point. That is, until the vicious conductor makes you
play it alone in a sectional rehearsal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>

The point of these passages is really quite simple. They provide excerpts
to test people in auditions, even though the parts themselves are of no
importance in the overall ensemble. That way the "best" player can be
chosen without regard as to how musically lyrical passages are played, or
even if the culprit plays in tune. "Technique uber alles!!"

(Of course, there are auditions conducted by people with brains. I've seen
too many run by people who were clueless, however . . . )

kjf

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