Klarinet Archive - Posting 000458.txt from 2010/11

From: Kathy Williams <kathleenwilliams76@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Shakespeare and historical performance
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:44:24 -0500

Given that the great Peter Hall has rated a mention I felt I might flex my Shakespearean muscles a tad. A couple of performances at Shakespeare's Globe aside, most of The Bard's plays I have seen on stage have not been of the late Elizabethan or early Jacobean styles. I even saw Julius Caesar by Peter Hall's son, in a modern setting, a the three Part series of Henry VI condensed to two parts and set in an abbatoir. None of these plays lost any of their meaning. This can be applied to music. Whilst authentic performances will always have their very important place, and without wishing to brown nose by admitting I love my Mozart Clarint Quintet played by Anthony Pay, modern interpretations of Mozart et al are equally as welcome as long as they are musical and do not lose their original meaning.

And with regards to extraneous movement in an orchestral setting, I was once told off for doing so, and now sit quietly with clarinet between knees and don't feel I have lost any musical expression or feeling.

There are so many things in life to be serious about. Music shouldn't be one of them...

Regards, Kathy Williams-DeVries

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