Klarinet Archive - Posting 000689.txt from 2004/08

From: Sean Osborn <feanor33@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Debussy Rhapsodie and other pieces
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:31:01 -0400

Audrey,

Sorry for leaving that out.
9/19 Clarinettissimo is at Cornish College of the Arts, Harvard and Roy, at
4pm and is free
10/3 Solo Clarinet at Polestar, 19th and Union, is at 7pm, and is $7
10/8 is at 8pm, I think. Best to go to Lenoir-Rhyne's website

>Great to know that, but I'd be even more interested in what he actually said.

Tony,

It's kinda hard to put it in an email. There was lots of rubato (both
speeding up and slowing down), and it sounded very French - full of
gestures, not statements. He had some great ideas for changing your tone
to match the phrasing ideas, like a washed out start, coming into focus
only at the ends of the crescendos during the introduction. It reminds me
now of the way great pianists perform Debussy. It's a way you hear in the
wind world with alarming infrequency.

Cheers,

Sean
www.geocities.com/osbornmusic/

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