Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2002/05

From: "Paolo Leva" <paolo.leva@-----.se>
Subj: [kl] Approaching contemporary music as a student
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 08:30:59 -0400

Hello,

I am afraid this subject has already been discussed, but my research in the
klarinet archive did not produce any result, maybe due to my poor earching
criterias.

However, as a student of clarinet, I run into lots of wonderful music of
Mozart, Weber, Brahms and all the masters, more or less up to Stravinsky. My
question is how long should a student wait before approaching contemporary
music as well.
Or better, should a student wait at all?
Or better, is there any interesting contemporary music that is approachable
for an amatuer?
Probably masterpiece as "Abime des oiseaux" of Messian, "Sequenza IX" of
Berio, "Clair" of Donatoni and others are too demanding for an amatuer, but
is there something going in that direction that is accessible? Are these
masterpieces approachable at different levels of technical skills?

Thanks!

Paolo

---------------------------------------------------------------------