Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 2009/03

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Schumann Fantasiestucke
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:09:27 -0400

This is such an interesting thread that I can't understand why it has
not come up before. I have asked the pianist Anthony Hewitt, who is
rather an authority on Schumann, what is his approach to this
problem; after all the works are duos and we probably have enough
clarinettists to give a range of opinions from that point of view,
whilst when I was struggling with the piano part to accompany some of
my pupils I think I was too busy trying to play ANY approximation to
what was written to concern myself with the subtleties. Have we
anyone on this site who has played the piano part at concert standard
and feels able to comment.
Martin.

On 19 Mar 2009, at 11:19, Karl Krelove wrote:

>
>
>> From: Fred Jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.net]
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>> It is perfectly possible (and done all the time)
>> for the pianist to play 2 against 3.
>
> In the same hand at the tempo of this Lebhaft?
>
>> If this pianist didn't do it, he
>> was being sloppy. However, if you listen really closely, what sounds
>> like triplets in the piano RH is often actually duples. It can be
>> confusing to the ear, but I've noticed the phenomenon and have had to
>> concentrate closely to hear that the pianist is actually doing it
>> correctly.
>
> Well, maybe someone else who has heard the particular DVD that
> brought this
> to mind will offer a thought on this, but I don't think it's an "aural
> illusion." The contrast is too noticeable when the clarinet comes in.
>
> Karl
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