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Author: Markael
Date: 2005-06-24 15:57
I got curious about Tony Pay’s playing, and discovered:
1) You can go to the GMN website and listen to entire classical works for
free, and you can select the proper connection speed for your modem.
Very nice.
2) I couldn’t find any CDs available for purchase.
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2005-06-24 17:45
Mm, the UK part of the gmn operation succumbed to the dot.com collapse, so several recordings we had in the pipeline went up the spout.
Still, they keep the videos on the site, and if you're interested, you can see me there talking about the clarinet, music and other things.
There are also some interesting videos of other musicians. Go to:
http://classicalplus.gmn.com/artists
Tony
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-06-24 18:47
Thank you all, Tony, Mark and Markael, spent a few interesting minutes re: the bassets etc, will definitely "go for more". Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-06-25 12:44
All in all a very engaging series of videos.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Dominic
Date: 2005-06-26 00:43
Thanks for letting us know about the video clips. They are all very interesting!!!
Regards
Dominic
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Author: ron b
Date: 2005-06-26 03:03
"...designed to be primitive..." ?
Could you explain a little further? Do you mean the (period?) instrument Tony plays is a primitive design, or the basset clarinet is a primitive instrument?
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2005-06-26 18:16
I just had another look at the website, which I've not visited for more than a year, and I see that they've now put up for streaming not only the videos but all the Nash CRD recordings from the 70s/80s, and the live performances we did in San Diego in 1999.
I didn't know about that. So thanks for telling me -- I didn't register what you were saying to begin with.
...I suppose they should be paying me something.....
Tony
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-06-26 19:55
Bradley wrote:
> It's a replica of a period instrument in a museum.
I think the question is more of:
"What qualifies it as 'primitive'?"
Lack of keys? There may other things inherent in it that qualify it as advanced compared to the mechanical marvels/monstrosities we now play.
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2005-06-26 20:48
"It's a replica of a period instrument in a museum"
No it isn't. As far as I know, no surviving period basset clarinet in A exists.
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2005-06-26 20:55
"The other instruments you see on the stage tonight are either original instruments, or copies of original instruments.
"But what I'm playing tonight is different again: it's a copy of an instrument that doesn't exist.."
(Tony Pay, Lyons, 1985, to much French laughter. But I was also saying it in French, so perhaps they were laughing at that:-)
Tony
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-06-27 01:12
Bradley wrote:
> Also, I will use primitive when describing such instruments.
> Maybe you should give up your monstrosity of a Selmer for some
> Boxwood delight, Mr. Charette.
Maybe you should try playing a "primitive" boxwood clarinet, Mr. Bradley. You might be surprised.
I was.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-06-27 02:38
Bradley wrote:
> Cool. I wasn't.
What type and form did you try? A replica? An original? By whom?
If you weren't surprised, why? How did it perform?
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-06-27 20:53
Bradley -
I have an Eb like that. I've been told that it's probably an Engligh band instrument from the mid-19th century. Apparently bands were as poorly financed then as they are now, and clarinets with 5 and 6 keys continued to be made for band use. Like the one you played, mine is in unplayable condition. It's probably at high pitch, so I don't see the use of having a mouthpiece made.
At least I'll keep it on a shelf rather than making it into a lamp.
Don't use that as a model for what the older instruments were like. Last fall, I heard Eric Hoeprich play the Mozart Quintet on a 5-key boxwood instrument with a basset extension. He had impeccable intnation and graceful, lyrical phrasing. I'm not saying it was easy, but he played fully as well as any modern instrument player I've heard.
You wouldn't, and couldn't, play the Nielsen Concerto on it, but for Mozart, it's perfect.
Ken Shaw
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Author: SolidRockMan
Date: 2005-06-29 15:12
Tony,
Thanks very much for putting up that link.
I got a chance to have a look at a few of your videos last night and greatly enjoyed them, particularly the ones where you discuss clarinet history, basset horns etc. Will be back later to see the rest!
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