Klarinet Archive - Posting 000703.txt from 2001/07

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Leister (was: German clarinetists...)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:02:54 -0400

on 7/24/01 7:33 PM, David Hattner wrote:

>I will never forget the first time (nor any of the other times) I heard
>Leister in person. He came to Northwestern when I was a freshman and gave a
>superb masterclass. I believe every one of us in the room was awe-struck
>with
>the poise and ease with which he played excerpts from the Beethoven
>symphonies. He is an incredible performer and one of the most distinguished
>musicians ever to play the instrument.

I'll second David Hattner's assessment. The only time I heard Leister
live was at the 1978 ClarinetFest in Toronto. In addition to a concert of
the Mozart and Brahms Quintets, which was stunning, he gave a series of
informal lecture performances, talking about various issues of clarinet
playing and equipment, and illustrating various points with performances
of movements and sometimes entire works from the standard literature. All
of the performances were wonderful - even those where he stopped talking,
picked up a slightly cooled down clarinet, and played. Very impressive.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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