Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2005/02

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] K388
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:26:17 -0500

On 1 Feb, GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:

> It's fun to follow this discussion. I just got to perform this piece a week
> ago Sunday. Last time I played it was in........1969....YIKES!
>
> Funny thing. I had a very hard time persuading the conductor to do this
> piece -- so -- we did it conductorless! Had a blast. Luckily all the
> musicians were pros and had plenty of chamber music experience, so we got
> through it well.

Hi, Walter!

Yes, I think it works best without a conductor -- though it's difficult if
not everyone has the same stylistic approach, which sometimes means it's
useful to have some one person in control.

BTW, I just sent a copy of our discussion to Andrew Skirrow, the Camden
editor, and asked him to comment -- so perhaps we'll learn something new.

Tony
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