Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2004-04-15 03:04
My clarinet teacher tells a funny story about composers.. When he was a student at Eastman, Stravinsky came and spoke. He said a number of his clarinet peers had questions like "why did you do such and such in this measure of 'Three Pieces' (or other compositions)"... According to my teacher, Stravinsky's answers were basically a combination or "I don't remember" and "it doesn't really matter" (not in a rude way... he just didn't think it was that important). Granted, I'm just (poorly) relaying this story, so i've probably missed a few details, but the overall point my teacher makes is that all the students were expecting these profound answers about tiny details in his pieces and were shocked that he didn't seem to care as much as they did...
I've heard similar stories about other composers, which I've mentioned in previous posts. I obviously can't speak for all composers - only myself and those I've worked with (and they could have just been having a "who cares" day, so who really knows).
To answer another poster, I'm sure Stoltzman could just play the piece completely as written and it would be captivating. You can't logically infer that he "changes" the piece simply because he is unable to play it "normally". (sorry to rehash the stoltzman issue - but I like the guy!)
DH
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