Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 2002/02

From: "John Parrette" <Jparrette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Review of Eastman Wind Ensemble Concert - Fennell
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:04:52 -0500

For the Mozart Bb Serenade at the 50th Anniversary EWE Concert, Hunsberger
used not only a double bass, but Eb contralto clarinet.

John Parrette
Principal Clarinet,
US Army Band at West Point

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From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Review of Eastman Wind Ensemble Concert - Fennell

> While I live in the Rochester area and mentioned the 50th anniversary of
the
> Eastman Wind Ensemble on Klarinet, I was out of town and missed all the
> concerts! One review that appeared in the Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle
> might be of interest to some of you. I will excerpt it, since it doesn't
> seem to be available on line. The following is from a review of a concert
> in the Eastman Theatre on Friday, February 9, 2002.
>
> ****************************************
>
> For a few moments on Friday at the Eastman Theatre, Rochester music
history
> repeated itself.
>
> Shortly after 8:00 p.m., conductor Donald Hunsberger walked on stage,
faced
> a fresh and youthful assortment of wind and brass players, and gave the
> downbeat for Mozart's "Serenade in B-flat Major". Exactly 50 years ago to
> the day, Frederick Fennell, the group's legendary founder, opened the
first
> Eastman Wind Ensemble concert with the very same piece.
>
> (Cut)
>
> Fennell was originally scheduled to conduct the Mozart himself, but he
fell
> ill early Friday and spent much of the day in the hospital. He was
released
> two hours before the concert and was clearly in no shape to conduct a
> performance.
>
> And so the frail, 87-year-old musician seated himself in a large,
cushioned
> chair on stage to listen to Hunsberger conduct the players. Clearly
> inspired, the young musicians delivered a rendition that was immediate and
> deeply felt; the only defects seemed to be a certain stiffness in phrasing
> and a general lack of thrust in the tempo.
>
> (Cut)
>
> ***************************************
> I noticed the reviewer mentions "wind and brass" players. I assume that
> this means they did not use a string bass, but then Fennell didn't on his
> recording of the Serenade.
>
> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)
>
>
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