Klarinet Archive - Posting 000248.txt from 2011/03

From: Gregg Patten <patten51@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Prokofiev Sonata Op. 94
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:12:20 -0400

Geez. You guys play the clarinet for crying out loud. You talk trash like
professional wrestlers. Lighten up. GAP

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From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sat, March 26, 2011 8:06:57 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Prokofiev Sonata Op. 94

On 26 Mar 2011, at 20:31, K S wrote:

> In Fanfare Magazine 22:5 (5-6/99), p. 313, David Denton wrote that the
> Prokofiev flute sonata was written at the same time as War and Peace
> and is full of quotations from it. Listening to the opera is
> essential to understanding the vocal nature of the sonata phrasing,
> and the word settings show where to breathe.

It's difficult to know where what David Denton wrote stops, and what Ken Shaw
wants to write starts, in the above.

But it's bullshit from either of them. The sonata stands as a musical work in
its own right; and it's not essential to know its precursors in order to play
it.

> Larry Combs played the Kennan transcription at the 1985 Clarinet
> Congress in Oberlin. I thought it was a failure. He of course had no
> difficulty playing the notes, but no clarinet has the ease and
> sweetness in the extreme high register that comes naturally to the
> flute (or violin). On the flute it's silver. On the clarinet it's
> iron.

Given your VERY low track record according to me, Ken, I'll reserve judgement on
that.

I've always thought that it's better on the flute than on the violin. But I'll
wait to see how well I manage it on the clarinet, if I ever try.

The fact that I understand the problem is something of an encouragement -- and
for me, certainly trumps any opinion of yours.

Tony
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