Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 2002/08

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Are you a mover & a shaker?(Mark and Neill)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:19:08 -0400

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Paul Harris wrote:

> I was at that same performance of the Brahms Quintet, I love the sound that
> Leister gets from his instrument. A sound that is to me what Brahms might
> have intended when he penned the original. The movement of players on
> stage, and I was near enough to the front of the auditorium to have noticed
> any distractions, did not intrude into my enjoyment of the work. If this is
> Leisters' stage style and presence, I certainly think it was in keeping with
> the tone of the work he was presenting to the audience.

And I don't rank it as one of the better performances I've heard or
watched.

Viva la differance!

Mark C.

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