Klarinet Archive - Posting 000909.txt from 2000/03

From: "Meridith Miller" <miller1940@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sharon Kam In Basel
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:55:00 -0500

I believe in 1997 I saw Sharon Kam's debut with the Spokane Symphony in
Spokane, Washington. She played the Copeland Concerto. The sound was
beautiful, but watching her play pulled my attetion away from the music. A
recording, in my opinion, of her playing would be much more enjoyable.
Meridith

>From: "Lockwood" <lockwoodbh@-----.ch>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: "Klarinet" <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] Sharon Kam In Basel
>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 09:53:28 +0200
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>Back in November, I saw an add for a concert by Sharon Kam. I have heard
>her
>a few times on the German "Classik Radio" station and really liked her
>sound. The concert was to include the Debussy Rhapsodie and a Schumann
>Fantasiestucke. So I rushed off and bought tickets.
>
>The concert was last Thursday and the Rhapsodie was great but the Schumann
>was replaced with the Rossini Theme and Variations. This may be a fun piece
>but it was a great disappointment for me. It certainly did not show off the
>beautiful tone and phrasing that I was looking for. In addition the
>orchestra was not exactly with her.
>
>Interesting too that in spite of quite good applause (Basel can be a bit
>restrained) she declined to do an encore.
>
>All in all not one of the great musical events of the year.
>
>Incidentally for those who don't know it, Basel has a tradition of good
>concerts and well known soloists.
>
>Benedict Lockwood
>Arlesheim (near Basel) Switzerland
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