Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2004/09

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Persichetti
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:54:08 -0400

All of this aside, Parable, which was the topic of the original question,
isn't one of his band pieces, so I think we've gone off in a direction away
from Sandy's interest. It's for solo clarinet (unaccompanied). I actually
like the piece a great deal, but I have no help to offer in finding an
analysis. Sandy, you may need to do your own.

As to the rest of Persichetti's music, he composed a great deal outside of
his band output - I find his choral music attractive and, although I've
never played or studied them, I've heard performances of one or two of his
symphonies, which I remember to have found more lyrical and adventurous at
any rate than the band pieces, which I agree all gravitate toward the same
mechanistic dryness. It may be that's all he thought he could get from all
winds and percussion.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Levin [mailto:alevin@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:59 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Persichetti
>
>
> That's not an idle question. Do you go sequentially, or pick the "best"
> . I can't answer that one since I long ago lost interest in his
> music and
> mentally turn off when I hear any.
>
> Allen
>
>
> >So, if all this is true, then the obvious question is: which work by
> >Persichetti is the 'best' one to hear first?
> >
> >And, how would we know?-)
>
>
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