Klarinet Archive - Posting 000609.txt from 2004/10

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] K622 - to beat or not to beat
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:14:50 -0400

Matthew Lloyd wrote:

> I don't expect many to accept that last point of view. But to me what
> you suggest IS sacrilege.

I'm inclined to agree. But that doesn't mean that recomposition or
rearrangement of Mozart can't be musically interesting---e.g. John
Woolrich's mini-clarinet-concerto "Si va facendo notte", which develops
fragments of Mozart's music into a very different soundworld (a
recording is available, alongside the Mozart concerto, Sussmayr concerto
movement, and Birtwistle "Linoi", on a CD by a mate of mine, Mark van de
Wiel).

Incidentally, I once heard the Adagio of the Mozart concerto performed
on electric guitars, on the closing titles of a movie starring Richard
Gere (I don't know what movie because I only saw the last 2 minutes and
the closing credits). It was in 4/4 time.

BASTARDS!!!

-- Joe

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