Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 2005/03

From: David Niethamer <niethamer@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] "that nice dark sound"
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:04:50 -0500

...reproduced without further comment from a Seattle Times article...

By Melinda Bargreen
Seattle Times music critic
March 20, 2005

> The concertmaster also represents the orchestra and communicates with
> visiting conductors and soloists, when the regular music director isn't
> present. But the top violinist's mark goes beyond all these elements to
> affect the actual sound of all the strings, "especially the first and
> second violins and the violas," as Schwarz explains.
>
> "I'm looking for a particular string sound. If you have a concertmaster
> whose sound is bright and wiry, the first violinists will follow suit.
> If the sound is dark and rich, the same thing happens. I'm looking for
> that dark, rich sound."

David B. Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/~dbnclar1/index.html

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