Klarinet Archive - Posting 000802.txt from 2000/11

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Interpreting versus playing
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:58:31 -0500

Tony
What you have written confuses me. To me, David's words mean that perhaps
he is distracted when musicians move around too much. I don't know. The
message I'd internalize is that they are showing or showing off how deeply
moved they are by the music. Nevertheless, I am distracted by this, too.

But I am more confused by your (seeming) contention that playing extremely
quietly is somehow showing off. I don't think so, but I'm guessing that
you've had the experience of feeling that someone is showing off and the
method used to deliver it was playing too quietly. Would you please
elaborate on this? How does one actually show (in face or body) that the
extreme quiet passage is really saying 'look how wonderful or superior I
am'?

It seems to me that either the music *is* easy and one looks relaxed or the
music is dastardly difficult and one sees or senses the performer's
tension. I am not suggesting performers never 'mug it up'. But playing
*too* quietly? Perhaps I don't understand because when someone plays
extremely quietly it moves me deeply.

Please explain further.

Best wishes.

Audrey

Tony Pay wrote:

> When David wrote above,
>
> > As a concert attendee, I often find myself distracted from the music
> > by the "performance" or "interpretation" of various performers.
>
> ...he meant, I know, that these performers were obviously concerned with
> themselves. Perhaps they were communicating, for example, 'how easy it
> all is for me', which is something I absolutely hate in a performer.
>
> "Listen to how quiet I can play!"
>
> <spit>

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