Klarinet Archive - Posting 000265.txt from 2009/01

From: Fred <fred.sheim@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Inauguration clarinet
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:12:38 -0500

The pianist had on mittens cut off for the fingers- it must have been
pretty cold.

Just my take, but it sort of seemed to me that Mr. Perlman and Mr. Ma
were communicating with each other much more than with Mr.
McGill. Any comments?

Fred

At 08:52 PM 1/20/2009, you wrote:
>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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