Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 2011/02

From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tony Pay, David Zinman and OAE at Basingstoke
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:06:07 -0500

I agree with all your comments Lelia. I especially liked the sound of the
horns in the Weber - spine tingling. I also agree about the programme at
first sight the pieces might seem unrelated but the concert held your
attention throughout leaving you sadly bereft when it finished. The hall at
Keswick is relatively small (but nicely proportioned). The orchestra just
fitted on stage without seeming to be crushed. You could hear a pin drop
during the performance and be deafened by the final applause.

We in Cumbria don't get to see many regular top class concerts now that the
Northern Sinfonia have their own splendid base in Newcastle so it was a
special treat for us to have this subsidised event in Keswick - needless to
say the place was packed.

I once had a cat "Baggins" that was fond of the clarinet but most are either
suspicious or downright anti.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lelia Loban [mailto:lelialoban@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:45 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: [kl] Tony Pay, David Zinman and OAE at Basingstoke
>
>
> On Saturday, Feb. 12, I watched the IC Live Stream of the Orchestra of the
> Age of Enlightenment concert in Basingstoke, conducted by David Zinman,
> from
> the OAE website, http://www.oae.co.uk/ . The program was Mendelssohn's A
> Midsummer Night's Dream, Weber's Clarinet Concerto no. 1 (Antony Pay,
> clarinet) and Beethoven's Symphony no. 7.
>
> David Zinman's conducting style seemed musician-friendly and confident to
> me. He beats time (unlike many conductors today) and shows clearly what
> expression he wants without flailing or looking desperate. The seating
> arrangement looked good for the clarinets, in the back row: no brasses or
> drums roaring in clarinet players' ears or trombone slides poking the
> napes of their necks....
>

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