Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-02-10 15:01
Just my 2 cents, I've played the Mozart more than a few times along with the quintet. I look at them kind of as ballets, you have to visually see the music in your head. See the performers. Well I do anyway! Just appointed to play it again, but having 2 elbow surgeries I'm a shade afraid of it and I have to make some clarinet adjustment designs to do it. I may use a strap for the first time in my life and or sit for the performance. The right elbow is pretty screwed up and to give Mozart true just as he deserves 4 hours a day of practice is needed for about 8 months.
They guy above in the video saying to play by bar by bar is total crap and it's very wrong. It's that simple. He shouldn't teach and the video should be taken off youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd00AxPPmxw
Mozart didn't ever compose a piece bar by bar. I'm sure he had a vision in his amazing magical brain before he even started writing a piece. The slow movements of the concerto and his quintet seem to fit my mind well if I think of a ballet. I won't get into the other movements, because they weren't played in the video that video. Perhaps Mozart was thinking of making love to his mistresses? Don't know. He had a few flings! That's for sure. NEVER EVER play bar by bar. Might as well play music from the end to the beginning or read a poem and a book the same way, or letter by letter. I think you all got the idea.
White Plains nailed it. He's so right.
This reminds me of Aaron Copland. Same with Copland. He wanted players to have fun with his Clarinet Concerto. A classical piece with some jazz. The long solo often is taken way too fast and players usually screw it up with poor articuultion. Slow it down, These are the actual words from Aaron himself. I talked to him about it. Instead of playing it too fast, add some jazz to it. He felt the notes were a guide. Again, these are not my words, but Copland's words. He was a bit disappointed that Benny Goodman didn't jazz it up a bit more. Take chances. Again, Copland's words, not mine. Because of this I kind of dig Eddie Danials fun recording with it! Check it out. Free on youtube. It is fun and he adds some of his own version. I think Aaron would have liked it. I think most of us remember that Aaron wrote this piece for Benny Goodman because he was a decent classical and jazz player. Bob
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
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