Klarinet Archive - Posting 000194.txt from 2004/07

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] For Ginger: clarinetto in La
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:58:15 -0400

Thank you Tony for ordering the book. It is available from
Amazon UK. You are in it, briefly of course, but so is your
colleague who wrote the splendid book on K. 622.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

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From: Tony Pay [mailto:tony.p@-----.org]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 3:04 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] For Ginger: clarinetto in La

On 5 Jul, "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:

> When [the Mozart concerto] is played on any other kind of
clarinet, the key
> signature of the work is compromised and whatever character the
A clarinet
> brings to the work is altered. I think Moorhead is absolutely
right. And to
> show you how dangerous a contrary view can be, there was an
audition at the
> SF symphony about 10-15 years ago and a nice young player (and
a
> sensationsal clarinet player too) was auditioning. He played
very nicely
> until the conductor asked him for a few measures of the slow
movement of K.
> 622. He played it beautifully on a B-flat clarinet because
that is what he
> had with him. Later, the conductor made a comment about being
absolutely
> unwilling to hire a clarinetist who would play 622 on a B-flat
clarinet.

Oh, poo to him.

But actually, I don't believe that was the exclusive basis of his
judgement.
There'd have to have been some real reason why he was
unsuitable:-)

It reminds me of an episode of a British cartoon strip called
'Alex'.

(I should explain: Alex is a ruthless, self-centred yuppie
business
executive, exclusively concerned with all the symbols of success.
For
example, when his long-suffering wife is having a terrible time
settling
their new baby, Alex offers to take the child for a drive in his
new car --
the vibration of the drive is said to be a good way to get a baby
to go to
sleep. After a few minutes Alex phones her on his mobile.
"How's it going?"
asks his wife anxiously. "Perfect!" says Alex. "He's still
screaming his
head off. I knew I was right to go for the BMW.")

But in the episode I was thinking of, Alex is the chairman of a
panel
interviewing a prospective employee.

"OK," he says. "Consider this scenario. You're coming in on the
bus to a
breakfast meeting. You've prepared pretty well. But then, a
brilliant new
idea strikes you. You get out your laptop -- but just at that
moment, a
heavily pregnant woman gets on the bus.

"Now, do you give up your seat, and work out the idea in your
head; or do you
stay seated and write it up on your laptop?"

"Er, I give up my seat," says the interviewee. "No, no...I let
her stand,
and do it properly on the laptop. Er, no..., yes, that's what I
do."

He's shown out. Alex shakes his head, drawing a line through the
candidate's
name.

"I *don't* think so. Coming to work on the BUS?"

By the way, I've ordered 2 copies of your book, Dan:-)

Tony
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