Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 2004/01

From: "Robert Whiteside" <rkw@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] NY Philharmonic concert/clarinetists slighted
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 08:30:10 -0500

Great piece Elise. I love it when someone else notices things like that.
Very Very funny.
Rw
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Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:41 PM
Subject: [kl] NY Philharmonic concert/clarinetists slighted

> Hi all!
>
> I watched the NYPhil New Year's Eve concert the other night, and I have a
> gripe! Is it just me, or am I the only one who is burned that the
announcer, the
> usually professional Martin Bookspan, named all of the principal players
as
> they had solos, EXCEPT the clarinetist who is Drucker's replacement?
>
> The orchestra played the Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld with its
> clarinet cadenza (made famous by Dan Leeson in that Instrumentalist
article as the
> worst cadenza ever!), and the announcer never mentioned it or said the
guy's
> name. He named Ray Still, the oboist, Carter Bray, the cellist (who I
LOVED),
> the concertmaster Glenn Dichterow(sp), and even the bassoonist, who he
> acknowledged had the tiniest of solos. Yet the clarinetist, who had the
FIRST solo, a
> substantial one, and who played beautifully enough to make the conductor
just
> beam, did not get a mention.
>
> And that reminds me: those dratted cameramen can never seem to find the
> clarinetist when he is playing, like they don't know which instrument
makes that
> sound....have you ever noticed that? They ALWAYS show the flutes, even
when
> they aren't playing, and the oboes are seen because they're sitting right
next to
> the flutes. The bassoons get shown by accident because they stick up so
> high, but the clarinets are hidden back there, unless the cameraman
happens to
> screw up when he is trying to show the flutes, and whoops, oh look, what
is that
> instrument back there? During the clarinet cadenza in Orpheus, the camera
did
> eventually find him, but then left again, to show the harpist sitting
there
> with her hands on her instrument, not playing. Then the camera went back
to
> the clarinet at the very last note, and while he was holding it still,
went to
> the oboe, who wasn't playing yet, and then back again. I just hate that!
>
> Elise Curran
> Orlando
>
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