Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 2009/09

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A very special program
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:21:10 -0400

The theme was music inspired by, written at the request of, and
commissioned by Benny Goodman. Having flown up from Florida for the
concert, I have to say it was quite amazing and perhaps the best single
clarinet chamber music concert I have ever seen.

-Adam
http://www.michlinmusic.com

Dan Leeson wrote:
> Jim, I believe that the basic theme of the concert was classical music
> written for or at the request of Benny Goodman. Classical works that
> he performed (such as the Mozart concerto and quintet, as well as the
> Weber concerti) were excluded for this reason.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Leonard Hobby"
> <jhobby@-----.net>
>> Did they not have the Mozart Concerto? That was the first classical
>> recording I was given as a child, and what prompted me to start on
>> clarinet. (I think I've still got the old disk, somewhere. <g>)
>>
>

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