Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 2000/03

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Shostakovich Opera, chocked full of clarinet
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:45:13 -0500

It is a terrific opera, and sexy as all get out. I saw it in
San Francisco and found it very exciting. Sean is absolutely
correct about it getting the composer in trouble with Stalin. Here,
it will get him in trouble with anti-sex-on-stage societies!!

Feanor wrote:
>
> For all of those in the NYC area who want to hear a lot of cool clarinet
> parts, come see "Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk" at the Met (five performances
> left www.metopera.org). For those of you who want to listen on the radio,
> the national broadcast of it is next saturday 130pm EST, on your local
> classical station. This is a great opera, and was the piece chiefly
> responsible for getting Shostakovich in hot water with Stalin. There is so
> much all four of us to play, that hardly a minute goes by without the
> clarinets being heard. I hope you all like it. I'll be playing Eb.
>
> Sean Osborn,
> Met Opera
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/4401/
>
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