Klarinet Archive - Posting 001037.txt from 1999/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Danzi: Clar. Sonata Bb
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 20:20:45 -0500

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:54:55 -0600, jhobby@-----.net said:

> It'll be a while before I record anything. Still trying to get my
> breath support back. (Surgery on the diaphram can/did have
> disasterous effect on breath support. Used to double flute fairly
> well. After surgery, couldn't get even a sound of it!)

Sorry to hear it, Jim. Hope you recover soon.

> If "Charlie" is a friend of yours, you'll probably be offended, but
> first off, I don't particularly like period instruments. Had it been
> in the blurb, I wouldn't have ordered it.

I think that 'period instruments' is a very moveable characterisation.
For myself, sometimes I think I play them well, sometimes not.

Also, with regard to taking offence, I have sometimes on this list to
encounter criticisms not just of friends of mine, but of myself, it
seems:-)

> As to what I don't like: the sound, overall. I picked it up out of
> the post box, as I left for work, unwrapped it, and stuck it in the
> car CD. I thought I had the wrong disk. It doesn't sound like a
> clarinet. More like a poor tone on a soprano sax. No focus to the
> tone, at all; sound is very spread. Intonation problems -- I don't
> know whether the clarinet or the pf is the problem, but the result is
> the same.

Well, as I say, I haven't heard it.

> I can't speak to the interpretation, because I was so distracted by the
> sound of the instrument, I really didn't "hear" it. (I don't know the
> piece well enough to make an educated comment on the interpretation,
> anyway, and I'm not sure I can listen to it, again.)

Well, I'd say, try again. You might actually be able to hear something
worthwhile 'through' the unusual sound.

After all, how uncomfortable can the experience be, compared with
abdominal surgery?-)

Best wishes,

Tony
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