Klarinet Archive - Posting 000243.txt from 2003/02

From: "Andy Raibeck" <cactus@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klarinet 101: Performance
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:16:08 -0500

You are being too literal. What I understood her to say was that in general,
the personal expression/interpretation (as opposed to merely a robotic
rendering of the notes) that the performer brings to the piece is what tends
to makes it interesting.

Regards,

Andy

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From: "Tony Pay" <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: [kl] Klarinet 101: Performance

> End of Term Essay
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apropos a disputed note in a clarinet sonata, Marlena wrote on the
> internet:
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> > I mean, in general, if u play music as it is written, it almost makes
> > u fall asleep. U have to put yourself into it, change tempo, dynamics,
> > right?
>
> Outline the arguments both for and against this view of performance.
> You should include the notions of 'being faithful to the text' and 'not
> having the audience fall asleep'. Are these contradictory notions? If
> not, how do excellent performances resolve the seeming contradiction?
>
> Tony
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