Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2004/03

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] While on tour ...
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 17:00:12 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: GrabnerWG@-----.com [mailto:GrabnerWG@-----.com]
>
> Dan Leeson says
> <<Where there was a gasp from the audience and a shocked look
> on the face
> of the party who asked the question. And I said, to nail it down
> further, that should I asked to review a performance of K.
> 622 executed
> on something other than a basset clarinet, there is no way that the
> party so performing would get very much of a complimentary review, no
> matter how intelligently it was played.>>
>
> I would have loved to see the expressions on their faces, Dan.
>
>

I was there... The room got rather quiet after that comment :-) Of course
some of us expect to hear that being said :p~

Of course Dan also said in that same masterclass (earlier in the
conversation) that even if you don't have the instrument to perform the
Mozart on, every person studying that concerto should have an understanding
of the instrument it was written for and how it should affect a performance
of the work. People were pretty understanding about that...

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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