Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 2004/01

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] NY Philharmonic concert/clarinetists slighted
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 13:48:54 -0500

Jeremy A Schiffer wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Steve Hartman wrote:
>
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>>I didn't see the broadcast but the name of the Associate Principal Clarinetist of the NY
>>Philharmonic is Mark Nuccio.
>
>
>
> Speaking of which, I happened to drop by Avery Fisher yesterday and caught
> Mark Nuccio playing the Brahms quintet. The playing was superb, and I was
> tremendously impressed by Mr. Nuccio's sound. The evenness between the
> notes, whether in a slow passage or a fast passage, was remarkable.
>
> Aside from a little water problem, my only quibble was with the tempos,
> as they seemed a bit slow to my ears.

While everyone has a right to make any critical remarks they wish about
any aspect of a concert, matters of tempi are so very personal that it
is unreasonable to presume that what is in your or my heads in terms of
speed is sufficiently accurate than someone else's view is, therefore,
wrong. Not that you said that, but it is inherent in any criticism of
tempo. Notes are very much criticizable, phrasing, intensity, etc. But
tempi are just too variable for there to be a standard.

Dan

>
> All in all, a great concert, and well worth the rush ticket.
>
> -jeremy
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