Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2001/04

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] To Encore or not to encore (Stravinsky's Rite)
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 07:44:47 -0400

I know the feeling. A good number of years ago I played Principal clarinet
in a performance of Tchaikovsky 6th. As it was December and the conductor
was concerned about leaving the audience on such a downer of an ending we
encored with Leroy Anderson's Sleigh ride!

Ed

> From: EstradaMC@-----.com
> Subject: [kl] To Encore or not to encore (Stravinsky's Rite)
>
> This week was a good week for me I got to play the E-flat part in The Rite of
> Spring, it doesn't get much better than this. The concert also featured the
> profound Beethoven Violin concerto. When the week began I noticed on the
> rehearsal schedule that we were scheduled to play an encore, Gliere's Russian
> Sailors Dance. I was shocked, how can you possibly play such dribble after
> the monumental Stravinsky score. The performances have been going very well
> and the orchestra seems to be enjoying some of it's finest moments. The
> reception by the audience has been altogether different. The concert ends to
> polite and reserved applause. I guess management knows just how conservative
> our audiences are so they wanted to send them out happy, hence the Gliere.
> The tumultuous applause after the Gliere leaves me feeling empty and
> frustrated. I resent the audience for their limitations and hate that we
> pander to the lowest common denominator. I take the shouts of Bravo after
> the Gliere as a direct assault on the Stravinsky score. After ninety years
> since it's composition the piece is still reviled or at least inaccessible to
> so many people. It is such a sad statement of classical music industry. The
> audience in not altogether uncultured, usually these are wealthy retirees
> from up north and grew up listening to orchestras in Chicago, Cleveland,
> Minnesota, Detroit, etc. How can we make this music more accessible? I
> understand that this is not generally a problem in larger markets such as the
> ones I mentioned before, but for me it was a blemish on an otherwise perfect
> night.
> Mario E.

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