Klarinet Archive - Posting 000966.txt from 2000/06

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Fw: [kl] Conductors--Rant; Marcellus's Mozart Concerto
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:54:12 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Conductors--Rant; Marcellus's Mozart Concerto

> 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>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: 23 June 2000 05:54
> 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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