Klarinet Archive - Posting 000189.txt from 2003/12

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] My past has come back to haunt me
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:08:58 -0500

Dan Leeson wrote:

> Today I got an email message (email was even a glint in anyone's eye
> when I wrote the article), from Brian Jones, instructor for clarinet
> at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA who is going to play all 10
> worst works on one concert.
>
> Ugh. The thought of it.
>
> But what he can't find the the Luigi Arditi hooter I mentioned. Does
> anyone know where anything of Luigi Arditi can be found? If so, don't
> tell me. I'd rather not know.

And I think that's one recital I'll avoid, regardless of the relative
merits of Mr. Jones' musicianship. I expect you found said pieces of
music (I use the term broadly) boring and un-musical, or something or
another, or else they wouldn't have made your top ten (should that be
bottom ten? :D

Why would ANYONE want to play the ten worst of anything? I know it's
considered a subjective judgment, but I suspect a good many people will
agree on several of the works included in the grouping, more often than
not! 8-O

Patricia Smith

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