Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2010/08

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cantabile
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:49:20 -0400

On 08/19/2010 06:51 PM, Peter Gentry 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.

Seems to me a moot point, since music written with the most extremely
prescriptive notation (e.g. Ferneyhough) still results in diverse
performances. :-)

Anyway, what I'm interested in is something a bit different -- how to
effectively communicate to the performers that the "accepted wisdom" in
how the notes of modern pieces should be interpreted _isn't what's
wanted here_.
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