Klarinet Archive - Posting 000645.txt from 2002/09

From: AnneLenoir@-----.net (Anne Lenoir)
Subj: Re: [kl] 'Other versions' of well-known pieces: What would Felix
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:26:21 -0400

Tony, Dan and any other dedicated purists, who I respect.
Recently I heard a verson of the Mendelsohn Violin Concerto played
on flute. For many years I have hummed that entire concerto in my head
every time I heard it, and my immediate reaction was, "This is great
that the flute player gets to play all those gorgeous passages." Not
once did I think, "They should have hired a violinist". I have also
heard the Finzi Bagatelles played on flute with chamber orchestra, and
they sounded terrific. I never once thought "Oh gosh, they should have
hired a clarinetist" I know that you guys would have a cow if you heard
my 2nd grade flutaphone class playing "Ode To Joy". To my knowledge not
many composers have written for the flutaphone, and I like to teach the
students beautiful melodies as a part of their early musical education.
It has worked out very nicely because 2 of them are now my little
9-year-old clarinet students, and they are moving along very nicely.
I will probably never play in an orchestra again, so I won't have
the opportunity to play the "wrong" instrument. However, I will probably
continue to teach my students many "wrong" melodies, starting with the
flutaphone. ANNIE

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