Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 2005/04

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Concert Announcement
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:56:38 -0500

What a wonderful concert!! I do ask you, "Which Beethoven Trio"
for clarinet, cello, and piano? There are two. Wanna bet? My
basset horn against one of your great mouthpieces.

As for the Prokofieff, it is a real masterpiece struggling with
an embarassed name. The Russian title does not translate to
"Overture on Hebrew Themes." I suspect, but do not know, that
playing the work under the real title (or I should say the real
translation) might have been an embarassment for those who wanted
to distance themselves from the ethnicity involved. The real
title is "Overture on Yiddish Themes" (with other translations
suggesting, "Overture on Jewish Themes").

Personally, I never found it embarassing because in my house
Yiddish was the lingua franca. But for those who wished to
distance themselves, I suppose that the published one is enough
of a distance.

Keep in mind that none of the tunes represent real folk music.
The story is that Prokoffiev got the main melodies from Simeon
Bellison when he was in New York.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

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Subject: [kl] Concert Announcement

I am playing a concert Sunday, April 3, with the Highland Park
Strings
String Quartet.

The concert is at the Highland Park Community House, 1991
Sheridan Road,
Highland Park, IL, at 3:00 PM.

We are performing the Mozart Clarinet Quintet, the Beethoven
Clarinet,
Cello, and Piano Trio and the Prokofieff Overture on Hebrew
Themes for clarinet,
string quartet, and piano. What great repertoire, and I didn't
even pick the
program!

If you're available, and in the area, please drop in. Courtesy
tickets have
been given out, but there is no admission charge.

For those who don't know, the Highland Park Strings, is a VERY
high level
"community" orchestra, in its 26th year of operation. Recent
soloists have
included Janos Starker, Shai Wozner, Larry Combs, etc. I am very
honored to be
asked to perform. Their website is:
http://www.highlandpark.org/hpstring/

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
World-class clarinet mouthpieces

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