Klarinet Archive - Posting 000264.txt from 2009/01

From: "Michael and Linda Marmer" <mlmarmer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inauguration clarinet
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:54:00 -0500

I saw music on the piano, but not sure about the others.

Mike Marmer
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From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:52 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Inauguration clarinet

>I don't think they were playing from memory. It looked like they had stands
> set very low and at a little distance in front of them. Perlman in
> particular seemed to have to look at a slightly uncomfortable angle to see
> it. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the music was being displayed on
> LCD monitors to avoid possible difficulties with wind and maybe to provide
> some magnification to make up for the distance. I've heard suggestions
> from
> several people that there was probably some space heating being used. It
> looked like Ma's cello was made of wood - unless they make the
> carbon-fiber
> ones to look like wood color and grain. McGill was definitely using a wood
> barrel and bell, so it isn't likely he was using plastic in between.
>
> I have to believe that on an occasion this important everything possible
> would have been done to make performers of this caliber as comfortable as
> they could be outdoors on a sub-freezing morning like today.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudia Zornow [mailto:claudia@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:42 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Inauguration clarinet
>
> Steve Heinemann wrote:
>
> > Here's an article about Anthony McGill playing at the Inauguration. The
> > picture is a also nice ad for Backun barrels and bells.
>
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/arts/music/19mcgill.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
>
> I saw the performance this morning on ABC and just caught a repeat on
> CSPAN.
>
> CSPAN showed the performance without cutting away to the crowd, so there
> was
> a
> much better view of the musicians.
>
> It looked like they were really playing live (and apparently from memory,
> except
> for the pianist). I read that Yo-Yo Ma was playing a carbon-fiber cello
> because
> his wooden one couldn't handle the cold temperature.
>
> I'm wondering -- how might Anthony McGill have dealt with the cold? He
> sounded
> in tune and didn't seem to have any difficulty playing. I shudder (so to
> speak)
> at the thought of playing for such a large audience when the wind chill is
> 16
> degrees Fahrenheit or so.
>
> Claudia
>
>
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