Klarinet Archive - Posting 000242.txt from 2010/08

From: Michael Whight <michaelwhight@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cantabile
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:53:26 -0400

Yes absolutely. Yet an interpretation must have a reference point from which those variations can arise. I suppose that would be the basis of good or bad taste.

Our orchestra played a whole programme of Bach transcriptions for Bach Day at the BBC Proms this year from composers such as Stowkowski, Walton, Grainger, Bantock and Resphigi. It was quite difficult to play if you tried to be authentic about it because of the way it had been re- composed so we had to play it all in the worst possible taste and then it kind of worked.

Michael

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On 20 Aug 2010, at 00:51, "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk> wrote:

> How boring if every player has to slavishly follow the accepted wisdom
> concerning the composers intentions, assuming the composer actually had
> specific intentions. Thank god no two renditions of the Mozart Clarinet
> Concerto are the same and thank god there is no RIGHT way to play the piece
> just various good and bad ways.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:11 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] Cantabile
>
> On 08/17/2010 02:35 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> "Ad Libitum" or the English equivalent "Freely" might be a start.
>
> It's an option, but doesn't really convey what I want. One reason why
> terms like "cantabile" or even "espressivo" are nice is that they carry
> a sense of a particular _kind_ of expression, not just that the player
> should be free to interpret the text "at their liberty".
>
> (For comparison, "Adagio" carries a weight of stylistic implication that
> the literal English translation -- "slowly" -- doesn't. That's why we
> can speak of "an Adagio" but not "a slowly"...:-)
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