Klarinet Archive - Posting 000223.txt from 2009/10

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] New clarinet composition
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:55:10 -0400

But how can a work that apparently contains numerous references to Del
Tredici's all-consuming interest in sex lack interest? Go figure.

Dan

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From: "Bill Daniluk" <bdaniluk@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] New clarinet composition

>I would guess "not", as the following extract suggests. Everything else is
> descriptive. The only positive comments were about the virtuosity of Mr.
> Krakauer and the Orion quartet. I wouldn't think that madness induced by
> monotony is a positive comment, but maybe that's just me...
> BD
>
>
> '...After a brief string quartet arrangement of a song (from a cycle
> celebrating sex) comes an extended finale - called "Magyar Madness," like
> the work as a whole - that makes even heavier use of a four-note descent,
> usually as part of a longer descent. At a certain point the monotony did
> indeed engender something like madness ...'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:36 AM
> To: Klarinet
> Subject: [kl] New clarinet composition
>
> Today's NY Times reviews the first performance of a work by David del
> Tredici, entitled, "Magyar Madness" for clarinet and string quartet. The
> clarinetists was David Krakauer.
>
> It's hard to tell from the review if the reviewer (James Oestreich) liked
> or
> hated the piece. The review should be on the NY Times website.
>
> Dan Leeson
>
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