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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2001/01

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] Technique and Musicality
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:13:50 -0500

On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:49:19 -0600 , el2@-----.edu said:

> Musicians want only one thing from a conductor, and that is for the
> conductor to make it possible for them to play as well as they are
> able. Most accomplished orchestral musicians don't need any lectures
> from conductors about the "meaning and expression" of the music. Too
> many conductors have adequately demonstrated that they know little
> about the meaning of music, and less about its technical aspects. A
> conductor could talk about the music until both he/she and all the
> players were blue in the face, and none of that theorizing and
> philosophizing would be discernable in the performance. On the other
> hand, the players do want and need to hear from the conductor about
> those technical aspects of the music that make a successful
> performance possible.

Well, most clarinet players are pretty naff, too.

You obviously haven't worked with a really great conductor.

Tony
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