Klarinet Archive - Posting 000883.txt from 2000/09

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Can the elephant dance??
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:01:54 -0400

In a message dated 9/27/00 8:46:59 AM Central Daylight Time,
leeson0@-----.net writes:

<<Are these thing viable musical contributions or simply vulgar self-serving
acts.>>

The simple answer: yes.

The complicated answer is "depends."

Playing the Carnival of Venice would very seldom be a great work of art.
The Mendelssohn violin concerto on clarinet? To my ears, no.

OTOH, there are a great number of works that retain their integrity whilst
played on another instrument. The Copland violin sonata works better on
clarinet, I think. It took Maurice Andre almost seven weeks to record all
of the trumpet canon, so he recorded pretty much all of the oboe repertoire,
too -- sorry Dan, but I like them just fine.

Many transcriptions of orchestral music work great when played by a good
wind ensemble. Others do not. We can spend a lot of time discussing which
do and don't.

kjf

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