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Re: Stravinsky Three Pieces Third Movt

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-09-08 22:15

It seems clear enough that Stravinsky wants the volume loud throughout but also wants points of relief from the incessant intensity of sound. Translated into colloquial advice, he is saying "stay strong but lighten up in tonal hardness a bit here." Or "make a rounder--but still loud--sound here." You can have a continuously strong image that still contains elements of both light and shadow. So your idea of taking some edge off the tone seems right. There is certainly no way of making these jaunty rhythms somber in the English sense of "sad and serious."

Derek Emch has some helpful insights on the piece in his graduate study "But What is It Saying? Translating the Musical Language of Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo." His essay can be accessed through Google.

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