Klarinet Archive - Posting 000600.txt from 2000/12

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] Stand or Sit?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:32:15 -0500

On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:49:06 -0800 (PST), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> Also, I can't help wondering (again, I don't know the answer) whether
> posture can have more of an effect on the diaphragm and abdomen when
> seated than when standing? Bad posture is never helpful, but is it
> more damaging to good breathing when the offender is seated?

If you *lounge*, it's difficult to play well. But I don't think it's
impossible, if you understand the principles involved; and I once heard
that slow tenor aria in 'Cosi' fan tutte' -- can't remember what it's
called -- sung most beautifully, with the singer reclining on a couch.

They did a live TV performance of 'Figaro' recently, in a country house
near Oxford, spread out over the day so that the performance in 'real
time' matched the timing of the opera. The orchestra was in a studio,
and relayed to the singers, who wore mikes. And they climbed trees, and
did all sorts of things that *should* have made them sing rather badly.
But they didn't.

How about Suzee Stephens, who has to *dance* while she plays?

And, anyone read 'A soprano on her head', by Eloise Ristad?

Tony
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