Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 2000/12

From: David Blumberg <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] re: The clarinet & modern music
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 11:11:40 -0500

Stephanie - one of my Artists opened for Britney Spears in a Concert. She
has a masters in Classical Voice. http://barbi_mcculloch.toptempo.com/ is
her page. She went into Pop cause there just wasn't much work in Opera for
her, so being very diverse has worked for her. I often hear the "big guys"
sing a pop or easy listening song (Domingo, etc) and usually it is pretty
laughable. Hearing Pavoritti sing "you light up my life" was really funny.
So, just how well CAN you dictate the words "YOU LIGGGTH UP MY LIFE"

;)

A flexible musician can switch generes pretty easily if adept in both.

David Blumberg
http://www.mp3.com/avrahmgalper
http://metopera.toptempo.com - Mozart Quintet and Schocker Sonata - new!!!
(Sean Osborne)

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StephanieDavis99@-----.com Wrote:
Subject: The clarinet & modern music
Message-ID: <4e.e278528.275b2ccb@-----.com>
I've seen Brahms, Mozart and Stravinsky's works discussed here. Perhaps it's
because I'm new to the Klarinet, but I've not seen any opinions of
contemporary works discussed here and I'm very interested to hear such
opinions. For instance, I'm a huge fan of the Moody Blues, a longtime rock
group who uses a full orchestra to great effect in their recordings and
shows.
Another question along the same lines: my brother is an opera singer whose
beautiful voice has also done some rock singing. He says it's extremely
difficult for an opera-trained singer to adapt to rock. I wouldn't have
imagined such a problem, but it made me wonder if classically-minded
clarinettists have the same obstacles to overcome. For instance, would you
be comfortable playing in Daniel Barenboim's orchestra one day, and then do a
session recording for the Moody Blues the next day?
Stephanie Davis
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David Blumberg
music@-----.com
http://www.mp3.com/mytempo
http://www.toptempo.com Giant Site
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