Klarinet Archive - Posting 000242.txt from 2006/02

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] The clarinet at Indiana University
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:44:13 -0500

Sharrow used to share a studio with Dave Weber in the Linx and
Long shop on the second floor across from Manny's music shop.
Every now and then when I went for a lesson I would run into him.
He was an absolute charmer of a person.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

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From: David Blumberg [mailto:blummy@-----.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:26 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] The clarinet at Indiana University

Claudia, mentioning Leonard Sharrow in your posting reminded me
of a story
he told me at a music festival back in 1985. He was a cool guy!!

Sharrow was performing Orpheus and there's a part where he comes
in on
Bassoon all alone holding a long note. The other winds (Clarinet,
Flute)
come in adding to the chord.

1st night:

Leonard starts his note and starts to reflect on how "alone" he
feels
playing that note and it gets to him. He starts snickering and
his tone
acquires a much stronger vibrato than he planned. The next wind
player
enters and gets the giggles too from him. 3rd player as well
starts loosing
it.

Conductor was annoyed, but ok - it happens.........

2nd night:

He gets to the part and not trying to think about what happened
ends up
thinking about what happened and looses it again. Same effect on
the other
wind players.

Conductor is pretty p*ssed this time about it..........

3rd night:

Sharrow tells the other winds that he's going to nail it tonight,
and don't
worry - he will come through "he has to!".

So he's sweating a bit as the solo approaches, but he's resolved
not to let
it affect him as a professional....

Part comes up, there is silence in the hall as he awaits his
entrance

SOMEBODY BLOWS THEIR NOSE!

he looses it again....

He said that in his 50+ year career he has never had the op to
perform that
work again so he couldn't "make it right".

:)

btw - the guy looked just like Col. Sanders to me.

David Blumberg
John Williams Concerto Producer - CD available at
http://www.mytempo.com

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RE: [kl] The clarinet at Indiana University
Here's a posting I made to this list a decade ago (!) about the
burnout
issue...
the included quote makes me smile every time I read it.

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/1995/12/000147.txt

Claudia

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