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Author: Alphie
Date: 2018-11-16 17:15
This is the latest performance by Martin Fröst, recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Enjoy!
<https://www.konserthuset.se/en/play/retrotopia-with-martin-fröst/>
Subtitles in English, German and Swedish is activated by using the CC control in the video player.
Alphie
Clarinet/Eb-clarinet
RSPO
Post Edited (2018-11-16 17:22)
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Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-11-16 19:19
Martin is definitely a very talented player. His ability to play high frequency notes with color and character makes me reevaluate my belief that the higher notes of the clarinet are devoid of potential for color and character.
It would be nice to hear him play less technical music at a far slower pace within a narrower range of frequencies. Listening to a few of his videos really drove home why I don't like most classical music I have heard. Too many strings, too technical, too extreme in the rapid ride from high to low frequency. All too often it seems that the object of classical music was to convey a sense of superiority through technical extremism.
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2018-11-18 09:30
Take a listen to any of the many Artie Shaw recordings on YouTube - they will erase your aversion to high notes, (and they are not classical with no "sense of superiority through technical extremism".)
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Author: Ken Lagace
Date: 2018-11-18 17:05
Windy Dreamer,
>It would be nice to hear him play less technical music at a far slower
>pace within a narrower range of frequencies. Listening to a few of
>his videos really drove home why I don't like most classical music
>I have heard.
Search YouTube again for 'Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto'.
The opening 5 minutes with his and Stoltzman's and a few others will let you hear what you are wanting to hear. Also listen to the smooth connections on the wide intervals, another skill the better clarinet payers have.
P.S. Stoltzman is a double-lip player.
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Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-11-18 22:45
In total I listened to 4 variations of that concerto. The one from Norway was the best. Martin had a very thick pad on top of his mouthpiece. What is that huge pad doing there ?
Nothing in this world creates stress and anxiety in me more than the screams and wails of the violin. I assume orchestras employ so many of them in the hope that they wll somehow drown out the screaming overtones that each violin produces. Our local orchestra has 18 violins , 1 flute, 2 oboe, 2 clarinet,3 bassoon and 2 percussion players. They have a terrible dominance of strings and violins.
The ideal orchestra would have 12 keyless wooden flutes drawn from a wide range of different cultures, 12 wood bodied reed instruments, 12 brass instruments, 6 percussionists, 4 harps, 6 keyboards and no more than 18 other strings with no violins.
Afterthought, check out Berlin Dvorak Serenade for Winds. I could become a symphony fan if more of them sounded like that.
Post Edited (2018-11-18 23:38)
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Author: fernie121
Date: 2018-11-19 03:42
It’s funny I’ve seen a lot of posts on how dead sounding the vandoren BD5 is yet Martin has a beautiful sound on it. It is flexible, colorful and projects.
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Author: gatto
Date: 2018-11-21 01:36
His equipment in this video, as far as I can see:
Buffet clarinet, very probably the Tradition
Aidoni barrel
BD5 mouthpiece
Rovner ligature (Versa?)
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Author: fernie121
Date: 2018-11-21 02:55
That’s what it looks like to me as well. I do know he has used the Rovner Eddie Daniels for a long time. He could have moved to the versa, which is the same design. He even has it put really low on the mouthpiece which is imo the best way to use that ligature.
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Author: The_Clarinetist
Date: 2018-11-22 00:35
Alphie, do you know how your colleague chose to handle Beethoven's 16th note staccato passage (in the 4th movement)?
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2018-11-24 00:56
The Clarinettist, he is actually using single tongue, or some side to side move that he figured out as a child. It works and sounds very good for him. At the moment we’re playing pieces by British composer Thea Musgrave that has staccato up to 160bpm. I use double tongue but he’s fine with his technique!
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