Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2007/08

From: Morrie Backun <morrie@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Harold Wright Radio Interview
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:48:48 -0400

Hi Tom,

I just returned from Europe and Japan and
heard about the terrible flooding. Are you and Mary OK?

Please let me know and best regards

Morrie

On 7/24/07 11:38 AM, "Tom.Henson@-----.com>
wrote:

> Here is a very rare glimpse into what Harold Wright thought about his
> playing and the clarinet in general during a radio interview just before
> his death in 1993.
>
> http://www.wgbh.org/article?item_id=1840844
>
> Some of his comments, like the one about a clarinet only lasting about
> 10-12 years before it looses it sound, I found quite interesting. He
> claims that he changed clarinets every 10 years.
>
> He also claims that his playing was an amalgam of German and French
> playing. He did say that he could not put his finger on what the
> American school of playing is, but did acknowledge that there was a
> difference.
>
> For those that have not heard Harold Wright play before, this is a good
> introduction. A very interesting interview and well worth a listen to.
>
> Tom Henson
>
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