Klarinet Archive - Posting 000111.txt from 2011/05

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dniethamer@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Chicago Clarinet Ensemble
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 17:36:26 -0400


On May 20, 2011, at 5:19 PM, you wrote:

> Just as a matter of interest, I'll be performing with the Chicago
> Clarinet Ensemble next Friday. I am also be donating an Eb soprano
> clarinet mouthpiece to the silent auction, which is used as a fund
> raiser which helps these programs to happen
>
Enjoy the program! I had a chance to compare Bruce's Eb mpc which you made to my old Hite and recent Fobes. Your mpc played very well - very dark sound, and good even response. If I ever need another Eb mpc. (and for a lot of reasons, I hope not!!!) I'd buy one of yours.

re: Laura Tarbox's case lock - she took it to a locksmith, who was able to figure out the combination. Someone had changed it, and the locksmith said it was unlikely to be accidental! He showed her how to reset it, and she has set it to something more useful than "000".

> I am excited about hearing Stanley Drucker again. I heard him last
> summer at the University of Oklahoma Symposium and his playing was
> simply amazing.
>
Drucker was here in Richmond not long after he retired. I've never been a big fan, but went to hear him and see the master class. Good Master class - useful stuff to say about all the repertoire he heard. Also, he played the Eb Brahms, and I wasn't expecting much. But he sounded great - none of the excessive vibrato that he was often using toward the end in NY Phil, and a beautiful sound. I should sound so good when I'm 80!

Hope you're doing well.

David

David B. Niethamer
dniethamer@-----.net

Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function. (Victor Borge)

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