Klarinet Archive - Posting 000144.txt from 2005/01

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Klocker
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:52:48 -0500

So back to the horse-drawn cab and getting out to have a smoke. How was
she?

RB

On Jan 11, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Tim Roberts wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:12:56 -0800, Adam Michlin
> <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:
>
>> At 12:22 PM 1/10/2005 -0800, dnleeson wrote:
>>
>>>> True. I may have overstated the case. But that still does not
>>>> change the fact that 622 has no cadenzas even if my answer why
>>>> not is unstable.
>>>
>>
>> Do you have any other thoughts as to why 622 does not contain a
>> cadenza?
>>
>
> In my uneducated opinion, a cadenza interrupts the flow of the music.
> Here you are, cooking along, making great music at a fine rate, and
> you are suddenly forced to slam on the brakes and come to a squealing
> halt on an artificial sequence leading to a chord that doesn't really
> belong, just so the soloist has another chance to show off.
>
> The Mozart K.314 oboe concerto is a prime example. It is a beautiful
> piece of music. I find myself getting carried along by the interplay,
> like a ride in a horse-drawn cab on a beautiful spring day, when
> suddenly the cabbie pulls over to the side of the road, stops, gets
> out, and light up a cigarette. It's like inserting a beer commercial
> in the middle of Dances With Wolves.
>
> Have I exceeded my metaphor quota yet?
>
> K.622 flows naturally without any such artificial stoppages. It is
> pure fantasy to speculate, of course, but perhaps Wolfgang simply felt
> that the structure would be lessened by the addition of a cadenza
> sequence.
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org