Klarinet Archive - Posting 000943.txt from 2000/06

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Conductors--Rant; Marcellus's Mozart Concerto
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:41:52 -0400

Hello Audrey,
Can I have just a tiny wee portion of your Heart and Soul? <Please?>
Best wishes,
Tony W.

----- Original Message -----
From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Conductors--Rant; Marcellus's Mozart Concerto

> I'm inspired to write because I wish I had been the one lucky enough to
hear and
> see Robert Marcellus perform/record live. I have musical heroes and he is
one
> of them. Each of us comes to clarinet and to music from a most individual
point
> of view, need or reason. Each one of us treasures different aspects of
> learning, listening (to others) and performing ourselves. This is why we
each
> like, love, hate or revere different performances of the same work. We
all
> listen for, hear others, play and perform for different reasons. There is
no
> right or wrong. What is wondrous to me may be rancourous to another.
>
> What draws me to clarinet is tone quality in an orchestral setting above
all
> else. A sound which touches my heart and reaches into my soul is pure
heaven
> for me. Many months ago I wrote that Marcellus' Mozart performance, was,
for
> me, the most compelling, gorgeous performance I had ever heard in my
entire
> life. I do not judge his performance on technique, interpretation, use or
lack
> of use of ornamentation, his use of A clarinet instead of basset clarinet,
the
> edition he performed, whether he sat or stood or anything else objective.
I am
> NOT objective. I simply heard pure, sweet, exalted sound. Why else would
I
> have listened to it an estimated 50 times in a row in three months?
Later, as I
> listened to other Cleveland recordings featuring Marcellus as Principal, I
> continued to be deeply in awe of that sound. I simply couldn't get enough
of
> that sound. Why I was so inevitably drawn to his tone quality eluded me
for a
> year and a half after I began my own clarinet studies. There was
sometimes a
> combination of the music itself coupled with that sound that was
irresistable to
> me. Finally I realized that for me, his sound, that kind of clarinet
sound was
> the purest form of prayer and earthly expression of the soul. I still
believe
> that while the strings are the heart of the orchestra, the clarinet is its
soul.
>
> That is what I want- to produce the clarinet sound which will connect with
my
> own soul and speak with the Divine. Each of you wants something different
from
> music, so you hear, interpret, learn and perform differently.
>
> Although I am now ready to hear other 'interpretations' of the Mozart, but
there
> will always be a delightfully special place in my heart for Robert
Marcellus.
>
> Audrey

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