Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2011/01

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart Concerto and quintet
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:24:25 -0500

Not to beat a dead horse Kathy, I not only don't agree with your perception
of the emotional content of the two works, I just don't see any useful
purpose in trying to find one. Also, one can argue that any composition is
the presentation of note combinations in a different order and with a
different harmonic structure. That is the nature of music.

In effect, there are lots of things to learn when listening to either work,
but suggesting that the concerto slow movement is one of intense sadness
offers an opinion that is entirely personal to your ears and mind and may
not be shared by anyone else in the world. I don't hear the compositions
the way you describe them.

What concerns me is that some younger player might read your note and hear
your very effective performance and feel guilty because he or she doesn't
find those things in the work I always felt intimidated when people
described music to me in that fashion, when, in fact, they were simply
describing their personal reactions to a piece and assuming that everyone
felt that way.

Dan Leeson

----- Original Message -----
From: <kathleenwilliams76@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 1:51 PM
Subject: [kl] Mozart Concerto and quintet

> Actually Dan, it is more the notes themselves, the same combination of
> notes in a different order with different harmonic structure providing
> quite different emotional effects. The comparison between the slow
> movements is obvious, but while the Concerto slow movement is one of
> intense sadness, the quintet to me speaks more of heaven with the rising
> demi semis almost a stairway. While I find the concerto to be an intense
> and at times brooding work, the quintet is a lot lighter and heaven like.
>
> but that is just my emotional and theoretical take on the two works and
> that is what I meant by compring the two works, the notes and motifs
> themselves, though I won't go fully Schenker on it
>
> Regards, kathy
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