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Re: "Only the English can play "Vaughn-Williams"

Author: vin
Date: 2007-06-23 15:32

The new oboist of the NY Phil certainly dispells this. He is amazing at every style I have heard him play. Whenever anyone asks him how he, growing up in China, acquired such a feeling for musical style, he says "you know, we do have cd players in China."
I think the key is prolonged exposure (and really active listening) to great musicians who excel in that particular style, whether in person or on cd. I think that we should look at those who "get it" to prove/disprove this, not those who don't. I've heard plenty of awful Copland/Gershwin from people who don't understand the spirit of the music, but not everyone who can play this music well is American. Perhaps for someone like Rostropovich, interpreting Russian music came very naturally. I think a talented musician who is willing to listen for elements of style can certainly learn to interpret a particular style, so long as one is listening very closely for these elements of style. A knowledge of Hungarian folk music and speech certainly helps in Bartok but I've heard excellent performances of the Contrasts from non-Hungarians. No one is more respected in Mozart and Schubert than Mitsuko Uchida. There is no doubt that some people have a certain affinity for certain composers or styles, but the assertion that a particular musical style cannot be mastered by hard-working, eager-to-learn musician from another part of the world is false.

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