Author: ruben
Date: 2020-07-21 13:05
When I hear French music played by present-day orchestras, the tone of clarinets, oboes, flutes and bassoons doesn't seem right to me. I mean by this, the fat, round, meaty, dark sounds most top orchestral players favour these days (including the French! Mondialisation oblige!). Period- instrument Orchestras like John-Eliot Gardiner's and les Siècle here in Paris seem to me to capture the sound and spirit of the music far better than our standard great symphony orchestras: a leaner, brighter, smaller tone. By French music, I mean anything from Berlioz on, and I would include Stravinsky, de Falla and other composers that lived in France and were heavily influenced by Debussy. Without necessarily using historically informed instruments, wouldn't it be possible to use mouthpieces and reeds that didn't produce such a fat round sound when playing this music?
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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