Klarinet Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 2008/05

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Myrna_B=2E_Salda=F1a?= <myrnabs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Gnarly buttons
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:35:00 -0400

okay i give up!! Where can I find a recording of this so that I know what i=
t sounds like. I'm one of the odd balls that hasn't heard it yet. Sorry!=
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- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.n=
et>=0ATo: klarinet@-----.org=0ASent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:23:53 AM=
=0ASubject: Re: [kl] Re: Gnarly buttons=0A=0ASean Osborn wrote:=0A> Please =
don't dismiss a piece that can reduce audiences to tears.=0A=0AMmm, it's be=
en a while since I last listened to Gnarly Buttons but I do=0Ahave a strong=
impression that it's a *very* impressive piece live. My=0Afirst encounter=
with it was hearing the last couple of minutes of it on=0Athe radio, about=
10 years ago or more, from a live performance at the=0AProms in London, an=
d it was very striking.=0A=0AThen I got a recording, and was ... disappoint=
ed, not least because the=0Aending wasn't a bit how I remembered it being. =
It's quite possible that=0Aputting it on disk actually takes away from its=
quality. In fact I have=0Athe general impression about John Adams that he=
almost always sounds=0Abetter in concert than on record.=0A=0ASince Dan me=
ntioned Andr=E9 Troutett, I should note that his recording of=0Ait is avail=
able on a CD called "American Clarinet". It's mainly Alain=0ADamiens' CD w=
ith recordings of the Elliott Carter concerto and 'Gra',=0AReich's New York=
Counterpoint and Howard Sandroff's 'Tephillah', but=0ATroutett (his collea=
gue in the Ensemble Intercontemporain) is the=0Asoloist in Gnarly Buttons.=
=0A=0APersonally, I prefer the Carter concerto to Adams, but that's just me=
. :-P=0A=0A -- Joe=0A=0A------------------------------------------------=
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