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Re: What is wrong with Buffet?

Author: echi85
Date: 2017-10-29 23:16

I agree with the over-idolization of Mozart. I've had a few lessons with teachers in which we spent a significant amount of time on the first four measures. I understand their point about how refined it needs to be, but sometimes we forget that we are playing for more than just clarinetists.

Conversely, I do have strong opinions about how to play Mozart. I've heard many well known players play Mozart like it's Brahms. It winds up taking away from the simplicity of the music and makes it more about the performer. I've always felt that the challenge in Mozart is to do just enough to reveal what is there. In the words of George Szell: "I cannot pour chocolate sauce over asparagus." In essence, it's about restraint.

I also agree that musicians tend to be conservative when it comes to equipment. There is a level of mindlessness when it comes to choosing clarinets, particularly choosing Buffet. I play Buffet and I enjoy playing Buffet, but that doesn't mean that you have to. I like to think of equipment the same way a painter thinks of a color palette. It depends on what you are after. We would all do better to avoid making generalizations based off of singular experiences.

On the other hand, I do think that orchestras and clarinet players need to have some conservatism. Many tend to lose their individuality nowadays because of their equipment choices. We used to have a German leaning Chicago symphony and a French leaning Boston Symphony. Nowadays it's more difficult to tell the differences.

Like most things, the answers are neither here nor there but somewhere in between.

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