Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 1999/11

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Tchaikovsky #5
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:41:22 -0500

>
> I just performed Tch. 5 a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't worry
> about that
> spot too much; it's accompanimental (sp?), and, if memory serves me
> correctly, it's doubled in the french horns. I made it through
> by inserting
> eigth notes when necessary. I am sure the purists are cringing.
> For what it
> is worth, that is what I did.
> David Carter

I had the joy of playing it under the baton of Zubin Mehta last year... The
man took the last movement really fast in this concert. We in the clarinet
section either faked it or played every other note... We let the horns play
it all (they can double-tongue). Nobody ever noticed.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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