Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 2002/08
From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Are you a mover & a shaker?(Mark and Neill)
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:01:20 -0400
I have to agree on both points of this. I was at the
Clarinetfest performances, and thought that Leister was the
EXACT sound I envisioned when I am thinking of Brahms, and his
movement didn't bother me at all. I really like the covered
sound for Brahms, but with all the transcendent qualities
Leister put forth in this performance. There is such a
continuity in his sounds throughout the whole range of the
instrument at all dynamic levels that truly inspires me to do
better.
I thought Cohen's performance was truly uninspired and
mechanical. I discussed this after the concert with someone at
the concerts that I respect a lot, and thought *I* was missing
something from Cohen's performance. His (my colleague's)
response was "Yes, you were missing *Mozart* from that
performance." The irony is that the color of Cohen's *sound*
is one of the three sounds of performers I truly aspire to sound
similar to. The others would be Frank Kowalsky at Florida State,
and Harold Wright (well, not Wright at this moment, but when he
was alive...)
I seem to like the performers who MOVE, and regardless of
whether it is live, or on a recording, I can feel the movement
in the music. The stoic players bore me regardless if I am there
to witness the unenthusiastic performance or whether I am
listening on a recording.
Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Paul Harris <pwharris@-----.net> wrote:
> You must not be a mover or shaker:
> 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.
> The one performance that did bother me was Cohens'
> presentation of the
> Mozart Quintet. The number of times he lifted his eyebrows
to
> the Quartet
> and in my opinion the excessive ornamentation, especially
in
> the allegretto
> con variazion.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 10:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [kl] Are you a mover & a shaker?
>
>
> > --- Mark Charette <charette@-----.org> wrote:
> >
> > > There's been a few performances of the Brahms
Quintet
> where I've been
> > > "overwhelmed" by the 1st violin emoting
so much as to be
> distracting.
> > > ClarinetFest 2001 comes to mind ...
> >
> >
> >
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