Klarinet Archive - Posting 000536.txt from 1999/11

From: Dan Sutherland <dsuther@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] De Peyer Style
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 01:42:16 -0500

I remember being in tears when I was 8 years old [mid 60s] or so at the
beauty of his playing of the Mozart concerto on a stereo LP. It prompted
my mother to try to track down a pair of Boosey and Hawkes "Symphonette
1010s". Unfortunately the best she could come up with was [on my teacher's
reccomendation] a Bb Buffet R13 which subsequently cracked 3 times, had its
keys transferred twice and by then she gave up and had the 2nd replacement
keep its keys while the 3rd replacement was being fitted for keys.
Many years later Mr. De Peyer gave a masterclass in Toronto and I
consider myself fortunate to have experienced his input first hand. On
the table was the Poulenc Sonata. After an insightful overview of De
Peyer's first hand observations of his collaboration with the composer came
my turn to play for the master. What transpired was a bit of a race. I
would play a passage and De Peyer indicating his suggested improvements
played it faster.
So tonight, I again listened to his recording of the Mozart and in a
superficial way noted that he was sometimes ahead of the orchestra whilst
exhibiting a heartfelt bravura style. I did not cry, but I know that the
suicidal articulation patterns he used, are the ones I prefer to this day
in my teaching and performance of this work.
Is it true that De Peyer changed mouthpieces with reeds attatched rather
than changing reeds?

Dan

Me to Eric [5 years old]. "Eat your porridge yourself or I will feed it to
you. What is your choice?"
Eric "Neither"
Thriving on the nuitrients of the air. Founder of the Breathairian Youth
Movement

At 20:10 11/11/99 EST, you wrote:
>It does my heart good to see people on this list groove to De Peyer's
>playing. There is one thing that I believe is the cornerstone of his
"Style."
>HE SINGS!!! I am bored of listening to clarinetists who think a clarinet
>sounds like a korg tuner. I remember something Russianoff said to me in my
>second lesson, " Tom, everything you can play is either a song or a dance,
>play it so I can tell which one." I've never missed any musical point that
>Gervase tried to make. His playing sings and dances!
>
>Tom Puwalski
>
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