The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Mahler 7 Chicago w/Boulez

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-10-28 15:09

I watched it live. Boulez is now 85 and has pretty much lost it. Even though he knew the score, he wandered between 1/2 second ahead of the beat and 1/2 second behind it. The CSO played pretty much conductorless.

There was lots of very fine playing. The tenor horn player was gorgeous, as were all the section principals. However, the camera director must hate the clarinet and bassoon. There were probably 100 shots of the 3rd stand of the 1st violins and along the trumpet section when they weren't playing, plus the principal flute and oboe, but almost none of John Bruce Yeh or David McGill.

Dale Clevinger was great. We went to the same high school, where he was two years ahead of me, and he was amazing even then.

Ken Shaw

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

Mahler 7 Chicago w/Boulez new

USFBassClarinet

2010-10-28 03:30