Klarinet Archive - Posting 000964.txt from 2002/06

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Thing
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:19:05 -0400

Or, on who's playing........

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] New Thing

> Everybody to their own taste said the old lady as she kissed the cow.
>
> Contrast your interesting story with that of Bob Levin who was playing
> the Beethoven first piano concerto, and with an orchestra that he had
> never before soloed with. Suddenly the clarinet solo came in, Bob
> looked up surprised and mouthed to the clarinetists, "Is that a C
> clarinet???" The player smiled and shook his head yes.
>
> I suppose it all depends on who is listening.
>
> Dna Leeson
>
> "Forest E. Aten Jr." wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > Considering the "color" differences....
> >
> > I bought my RC Buffet C clarinet about 5 years ago. I started using it
in
> > the Dallas Opera orchestra the year I made the purchase. It is a very
fine
> > clarinet.
> >
> > I played this clarinet in the orchestra for 4 years before our principle
> > clarinet player figured out I was using the instrument. She never knew.
> >
> > The flute section never knew...the conductor never knew.
> >
> > In a sudden revelation a member of the woodwind section took note of my
> > "smaller" clarinet and it became a big deal. A visual revelation....not
> > aural. The difficult part was convincing everyone that I had been using
this
> > clarinet for the past 4 years completely un-noticed???
> >
> > The excitement was over before the week was out.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Forest
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William Wright" <w7wright@-----.net>
> > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kl] New Thing
> >
> > <><> Dan Leeson wrote:
> > Joe is quite correct and one could spend considerable time writing about
> > compositions in which color differences are exploited.
> >
> > There are two separate issues, and much of the 'argument' is caused by
> > confusing the two of them. I hear both issues in the current
> > discussion: (1) Does sound character (color) make a difference? (2)
> > Do different instruments in the same family actually have different
> > characters?
> >
> > When I think about (1), I ask myself: "Would I like this composition on
> > an accordion or trombone or violin?"
> >
> > When I think about (2), I think about differences between two
> > instruments of the same pitch, as well as about instruments of different
> > pitches. Examples: Bb clarinet with large bore vs. small bore, or a
> > modern 'nominal C" instrument vs. a period instrument.
> >
> > I wonder if you could find a period C instrument somewhere whose sound
> > character (color) came closer to my modern Howarth S2 Bb than (say) an
> > R-13 Bb does? Probably some performer somewhere has said: "Yes, this
> > was written for <whatever #1>, but I can come closer with my <whatever
> > #2> than the <whatever #1>'s that are available now.
> >
> > ????
> >
> > =========================
> >
> > What is the purpose of a language? To be beautiful or wise or
> > pleasurable in itself? Or to describe many different things ---
> > beautiful or not --- to other people? This is why the question of
> > whether music is a 'language' is relevant.
> >
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