Klarinet Archive - Posting 000889.txt from 2004/01

From: "Steve White" <bass.clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Weber Quintet
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:44:49 -0500

See, I disagree there. I believe that the piece is not without value. It's
not the greatest thing ever written, but not the worst either. As for
shoving a basset up a nose, don't do that. He's a nice guy that knows these
things. As for impressionable, I was older than the average student, with
more experience - but thirsting for exp. with strings - and probably more
set in my thinking. Alas, there was probably less that he could due to
persuade me than the other younger players. I think you'd enjoy meeting him
though. I won't mention names on this list. Suffice to say that there is
only one university in Flagstaff and they have only one Clarinet Instructor.

As for me, Yes I know its a brain dead piece - and that's exactly what I was
going for.

Steve White

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:28 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Need suggestions - clarinet and string orchestra

Steve White wrote:

> Dan,
>
> You make valid points. I will admit that there are typically two types
of
> clarinetist - those that like and those that dislike Weber's music. When
I
> did the Weber Quintet, it was a noticeably lighter piece than the two it
> followed. I started with the Bernstein Sonata and then went to Brahms No.
> 2. After a much needed intermission I left the audience with a lighter
fare
> for the ride home. I must admit that I couldn't, at the time in
Flagstaff,
> AZ get the Mozart Quintet parts - and I had no access to an 'A' clarinet
> (such things have been solved nowadays) and I wanted to play with a string
> quartet while I had the chance.
> I respect your opinion. I should say that it is far more fun to play the
> piece than it is to listen to it. Perhaps I display my lack of maturity
by
> admitting that I had a good time learning, rehearsing and performing the
> number, perhaps not. I must say that my instructor supported me and had
> many helpful suggestions for both me and the quartet. It was a grand
> learning experience for someone who had only played in Bands and had
limited
> exposure to strings in general. I continue to work on the Mozart in the
> hopes of performing it sometime in the next year or two.
>
> Well, there's some more ammunition for you...
>
> Steve White
>
Who was your teacher in Flagstaff. I am driving through there in two
weeks en route to Santa Fe and will stop and ask if he ever intends to
let an impressionable student play that piece again. If he says yes,
then I will put my basset horn up his nose, bell end first.

I will grant you this: considering the Bernstein followed by Brahms 2,
you did need something light to finish up your program. But light
doesn't mean vacuous, brain dead, and without well chosen musical ideas.

Dan
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