Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2004/02

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] Concertgebouw Orchestra
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 02:38:56 -0500

Am 14.02.2004 5:41 Uhr schrieb "Dan Leeson" unter <leeson0@-----.net>:

> Karl Krelove wrote:
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>> I just got home from a concert in Philadelphia (in Verizon Hall) of the
>> Concertgebouw Orchestra. Does anyone know anything about the clarinet
>> section members (the program lists Jacques Meeriens and George Pieterson=
as
>> principals,Hein Wiedijk as second - I don't know which was playing
>> principal, but it was the same player for the whole performance) or abou=
t
>> the equipment they use? Do they play Boehm instruments (I couldn't see t=
he
>> keywork clearly enough from where I was sitting)? Any idea from anyone w=
hat
>> mouthpiece/reed style is popular there?
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>> I was a little surprised (this is off-topic) that the trumpet players we=
re
>> playing piston valve trumpets - somehow I had expected to see (and hear)
>> rotary valve instruments.
>>=20
>> Karl Krelove
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>=20
> All the clarinettists play Oehler systems, not only in Amsertdam but
> pretty much throughout the Netherlands.
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> Dan
>>=20
I had a masterclass some years ago with a player from the Netherlands Radio
Orchestra and he told me that most professional players use a Reform-Boehm
with German mouthpiece

Gru=DF Georg K=FChner

Georg K=FChner
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