Klarinet Archive - Posting 000153.txt from 2005/03

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Playing Shakespeare
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 21:28:21 -0500

I was advised that it was the first joint performance of the play
and Sibelius' music in the US.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia A. Smith [mailto:arlyss1@-----.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:04 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Playing Shakespeare

Dan Leeson wrote:

>One of my most memorable musical experiences was playing the
>Sibelius music for Shakespeare's "The Tempest." It is such a
>complicated play, hard to fathom. Yet sitting on the stage
>behind a scrim which separated us from the actors, we played
that
>wonderful music. It was pure pleasure.
>
>
It must have been. I don't know whether to ask about recordings,
DVD's
or...??? This would be something to see/hear staged live. I
gather it
is not performed often.

Patricia Smith

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