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Re: That "Aha!" live performance that changed your view of clarinet?

Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2017-12-27 01:24

For me it hearing Al Wright play at one of the 1st ClarinetFests in Denver sometime in the late 1960's. He played the Saint-Saens Sonata which as a know-it-all college student I thought was a lame piece of music. But Wright brought out the intense Romanticism of the piece and made me a believer. I had never heard that beautiful sound and flexibility of emotion. I am not sure I ever approached his playing, but it has always stuck in my mind and something to strive for.

I also remember Ralph Strouf but sadly he had the opposite effect on me. He visited my high school band in the Denver area and his little demonstration was to show how a clarinet could sound like a chicken. I was far too serious at that age and was a bit offended. Too bad, since now I would have laughed and enjoyed it.

John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com

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