Klarinet Archive - Posting 000459.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dark Sound
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:54:48 -0500

Bill Wright wrote:

>>Flexibility does not absolve us from trying to define or understand each
particular tone. But I think that Tony's point that a competent
clarinetist cannot be described as having a single tone has been
overlooked while we search for words to deal with tone: <<

I agree Bill. I listened to Harold Wright this morning (Boston Recordings).
His tone brightens considerably in the upper clarion. Then again, in the
chalumeau, he doesn't sound as "dark" as Karl Leister (I compared their two
performances of the Brahms Quintet). Wright sounds slightly more
transparent, Leister somewhat more translucent. The two performances are
stunning, and I could easily listen to both without preference (okay, I like
the American).

Bill

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