Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 2009/09

From: William Foss <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A very special program
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:23:49 -0400

Now I am jealous that I was working in SC that night.

Bill Foss
U.S. Army Retired
USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

On Sep 30, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Adam Michlin wrote:

> 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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