Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-02-10 21:33
There is value in what you say Ed, even if I don't think it applies to this video. Not all masterclasses speak to all students, and keeping an open mind is important.
I once recall a time when Richard Hawley said one sentence--just one sentence in a Youtube video masterclass, and it's stuck with me ever since then.
"Daisies are growing in my yard."
What an absurd line to put into a clarinet post, right?
https://youtu.be/Mer3Y2BcHik?t=10m14s
Well Hawley wanted a player to say this line to themselves upon beginning their entry into the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, and I think it's brilliant--I really do. Others may disagree.
I think Hawley sought to have students translate what they thought such a line, recited, might be interpreted to mean "between the lines." It suggests a light observation, not calamity, upon discovery of a pleasant sight, but not a treasure chest of gold.
As Hawley explains, I think elsewhere, that opening phrase sets the stage for the entire 1st movement, which is just variations on that theme in minor and major themes.
As for the initial video that started this post--to me it's the stuff jokes are made of. If the comedian/writer Larry David did a parody of this (conveniently a near doppelganger for Zander when not otherwise busy playing Senator Sanders) the only thing that might require change is the continuing of the hand gestures after the music has stopped, following by his disrobing--all for the purposes of conveying faux insanity for comedic effect.
Actually, David's already done this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7APrz5K1YI
Here is a master class, that I think conveys no less than the one that started this post. Ed: absolutely no disrespect intended. We can agree to disagree on the video.
Perhaps I should first set the stage:
"SpongeBob and Patrick are having fun at Jellyfish Fields. Then, Patrick accidentally falls down a cliff and loses his head. SpongeBob mistakenly picks up a piece of Brain Coral and puts it in a big hole on Patrick's head.
Suddenly, the piece of Brain Coral gains Patrick, normally an idiot, intelligence. Patrick seems to be interested in nature, work and almost any music when he is intelligent."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApXkKc1PV-E
Post Edited (2016-02-10 21:40)
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