Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2009/10

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lorenzo Coppola plays K. 622
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:58:25 -0400

I am not sure what you are asking about the staccato. Since there is no
authoritative edition of the K, 622, we have no idea what articulations are
called for in the manuscript in Mozart's hand. In the absence of that
autograph score, no player can be criticized for playing a passage staccato
or legato. And the fact that the introductory music happened to appear on a
clarinet part you used some time ago implies only that the editor of that
particular edition thought it might be included.

Bottom line: there is nothing authoritative that you can show so as to
demonstrate what and how the solo part should be played.

Dan Leeson

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From: "Diego Casadei" <casadei.diego@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Lorenzo Coppola plays K. 622

> And what about the staccato? Do you consider it more philological than
> playing legato most fast passages? Why not to play the full introduction
> too? It is written on the clarinet part, and years ago I listened to a
> Russian player (forgot the name, sorry) who played _everything_ and mostly
> staccato...
>
> BTW, I'm impressed by the ability of the people who can play with poorly
> instrumented clarinets (almost no mechanics!): their technique is
> magnificent and their intonation is incredible :-) Great Coppola!
>
> Cheers,
> Diego
>
>
> Dan Leeson wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8mbwpAZwU&feature=related
>>
>> The performance is interesting because of five respects. First, the
>> orchestra is entirely original instruments (or else contemporary copies
>> of same) including 18th century bows; second, the pitch of the
>> performance is considerably lower than that to which I am accustomed
>> (though I am not critical of this aspect of the performance); third, the
>> basset clarinet used appears to be an accurate copy of the one owned by
>> Stadler himself, which is concluded from the fact that the bell is at a
>> right angle to the body of the instrument and with a very primitive
>> arrangement of holes and only a few keys , just as was shown on a
>> lithograph of Stadler's instrument in a program done in one of the Balkan
>> countries at the time he played a performance of K. 622.; fourth, the
>> character of the clarinet's sound is measurably more stuffy and contained
>> than I am used to (though not unpleasant); and fifth, the brunette
>> playing the flute is gorgeous.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me something about the soloist, Coppola?
>>
>> Dan Leeson
>> dnleeson@-----.net
>>
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