Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 2005/11

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] Re: WBCC weekend: record trial successful
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:19:20 -0500

Hello Lelia

It was a beautiful weekend, with so many great musicians performing! I do
not have the program booklet at hands (it is a mess here because of
cleaning-up activities), so I cannot give you all the details, but I can
tell you some more general impressions.

I thought I knew that lovely dark-pitched, hollow-sounding (sorry, Dan)
instrument well. But in this weekend I discovered all its extremes. When I
came home I told my wife I never knew how horrible it sounds -- and how
beautiful! There was a lady doing an improvisation, after about half a
minute I looked already on my watch and thought: "Oh no, this is going on
for 29 1/2 minutes more." But fortunately after some two minutes the "piece"
she played had come to its end, and I left the hall. I feel sorry for her,
however, because dring the next two pieces everyone else suddenly
experienced a strong appetite on coffee, tea, or beer, or suddenly
remembered he or she urgently had to try a new Selmer instrument, a Pomarica
mp, or whatsoever, it didn't take more than six minutes everyone had left.
And she was a very competent player. Once again, I feel sorry for her, but I
was the first to quit. Her name is Lori Freeman, I believe.

But there were also beautiful performances. There was a half-improvised
performance by Henri Bok, Bennie Maupin and Tanke, for two claribasses and
organ. Bass Impact, Tilly Kooiman and Kathryn Ladano from Canada played
magnificently, so did Paolo de Gaspari.

Very stirring was the performance of the duo Due Boémi di Praga, Josef Horák
and his wife Emma. Josef is the person who fifty years ago was the first one
ever to give a recital on claribass, together with Emma, and the fact that
WBCC was held now, was due to this jubilee. Unfortunately Josef is very ill,
and he and Emma played only one piece. The lecture Josef was planned to give
on Sunday has been shortened, and a substantial part of it was taken over by
his wife.

There were funny performances by Harry Sparnaay, by the Claudio Puntin Duo,
etc, etc.

The composition competition attracted 64 participants. It was won by "Child
to a Black faced child", by the Scotsman Marc Yeats. It is a very beautiful
piece. Hardly any modern effects, mostly piano and mezzopiano, but very
convincing. I would like to study it myself.

I did not hear of the difficulties you had from any of the participants.

Rien

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