Klarinet Archive - Posting 001036.txt from 2000/01

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Improvisation in Mozart
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 09:54:29 -0500

I envy you in this great opportunity. It is not so much for piano,
clarinets, and orchestra as it is for piano, winds, and orchestra. I
think you should consider the possibility of improvising too, but that
will be very difficult in that concerto since so much of the clarinet
work is for pair of clarinets. To say that it is a great piece is a
major understatement.

"David B. Niethamer" wrote:
>
> I have the very great joy this week to be playing Mozart's Piano Concerto
> No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491. Not on the piano - that would be a crime
> against nature, not to mention Mozart!! For those who don't know, the
> clarinet parts in this concerto are glorious. In fact, I want Dan to
> petition the Mozart Gods to rename it the Concerto for Piano, Clarinets
> and orchestra...but I digress...
>
> Our pianist is a 21 year old player, Stewart Goodyear. He improvises his
> own cadenzas very ably (although he got a little lost and ended up in the
> 19th century tonight!) and also improvises and embellishes in what seems
> to me to be a very natural and musically appropriate way in the recap of
> some of the material in each movement. It is true improvisation -
> different in each performance when we get to the recapped material. The
> playing is a joy to hear.
>
> David
>
> David Niethamer
> Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
> dnietham@-----.edu
> http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
>
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