Klarinet Archive - Posting 000198.txt from 2006/10

From: "David Lamb" <dlamb@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klezmer Concerto
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:50:22 -0400

Dan Leeson reports on Krakauer's Brahms:
>
> The performance was outstanding! For a guy so steeped in the
> klezmer tradition to be able to shift to the Brahms trio and play
> it so beautifully was an eye opener to me. I kind of expected a
> Benny Goodman-like approach to the work, namely pleasant and
> well-done but not superior from any point of view.
>
He is said to be a fine Mozart performer as well. Last summer David, Ofer,
and Yaki gave the new Klezmer Concerto a trial run in Germany on a program
that included the Mozart concerto. Ofer assured me that it was real Mozart
played with elegance and finesse. David is obviously a real musician who
can approach more than one kind of music with intelligence and sensitivity.

David Lamb in Seattle

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