Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2010/01

From: Walter Grabner <grabnerwg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] session with Penderecki
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:55:58 -0500

Congratulations, Peter. What a great opportunity to play with the
composer listening and giving feedback. I'm so pleased for you that
you had that opportunity. Thanks for sharing the "errata" with us.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
1193 Bass Clarinet Center

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Peter Stoll <peterstoll2000@-----.ca> wrot=
e:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have the pleasure of playing some of the well-known Polish
> composer's clarinet music with him in attendance, and had a session
> with him on the Quartet for Clarinet and Strings today. Listening to
> various recordings, there are a few potential misprints that some have
> attempted to correct. Here is his own verdict on these spots, for
> anyone interested:
>
> Movement 1 "Notturno" bar 8 into 9 the Db (as written in the clarinet
> part) does repeat across the barline (one recording had it changed to
> a Cb in bar 9)
>
> Movement 2 Scherzo: bar 87 has a misprint, the last quarter note
> should be an F natural (missing the accidental) so the three notes
> drop a semi-tone as the strings do in the bars before
>
> bar 207 the grace-notes are misprints, they should be G#-A as in the
> previous 2 measures
>
> Movement 4 "Abschied" bar 46 is a misprint, second 16th should be
> changed to a C natural
>
> He's a very serious but humourous guy, he wanted us all to play out
> expressively, even in softer dynamics; as he put it, "this should
> sound like *music*, not 'new music'"! He had just come from Nashville
> where he really liked the orchestra and their new hall.
>
> For anyone in the Toronto area, we play this piece at the University
> of Toronto Wednesday night at 7:30, free admission, Walter Hall (lower
> recital hall at the Faculty of Music). Thursday night same time and
> place I play the Three Miniatures with piano and the solo Prelude. I
> went to ask him about something in the Miniatures part and he
> apologized and said, "You know, I wrote this over 50 years ago, I'm
> not sure!" But I'll see if there are any other note changes to report
> after Thursday's dress rehearsal.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Stoll
>
> WEBSITE! www.peterstoll.ca now with feature reviews and articles
>
> Principal Clarinetist,
> Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra
>
> Instructor of Clarinet and Chamber Music,
> University of Toronto
>
>
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