Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2000/11

From: Tristan James Butler <dionysus@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stolzman
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 00:02:12 -0500

Actually the clarinet was worked on by Kals brother in IN, George
Opperman....the barrel and mouthpiece were handmade by Kal......

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Sorry this is so ON-topic, but I had the pleasure of hearing Richard
> Stolzman playing the Copland Concerto last night with the Midland (MI)
> Symphony Orchestra. I found his vibrato to be no distraction at all (of
> course, I tend to use it myself) and it appeared that he was genuinely
> enjoying himself on stage. He plays a much freer and "jazzier"
> interpretation than Goodman and, according to the talk he gave before the
> concert, that is with the composer's personal blessing. He thinks that
> Goodman kept it pretty straight in large measure to separate it from his
> jazz performances -- keeping his classical credentials clean, so to speak.
> I also have no complaints about his tone. The instrument he was playing,
> he told us, was a 25 or so year-old Buffet with extensively modified bore
> and tone holes, custom-made barrel and mouthpiece, all work done by Kalman
> Opperman. When you are a highly successful concert solo artist, you don't
> have to buy "off the rack," I guess!
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
> Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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