Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-11-20 19:31
ruben wrote:
> Of course, the principals of many major symphony orchestras do
> a lot of solo and chamber music work these days. But, I think
> a full-time soloist is a very different type of animal. Some
> of these soloists would, I suspect, be unable to pass an
> audition for a major orchestra. In what way are the two groups
> different ?
>
It might be worth defining "full-time soloist" a little more closely. Do you mean any performing clarinetist who doesn't play in an orchestra clarinet section (principal or other chair)? Does playing chamber music count as being a soloist?
Major recording and concert artists may play concerti with orchestras, play in chamber ensembles, teach and write. But, as Ed says, members of major orchestra sections may spend their time doing exactly the same things. Among violinists, cellists and pianists, for whom the solo literature is more voluminous, the line between orchestra player and not-orchestra player is a little sharper. I'm not clear where the line is with clarinetists.
To address your question (sort of), I doubt if there are universal differences. There is, I'm sure, a difference in the level of interpretive and expressive freedom that comes as a soloist from being the principal decision-maker in any given performance situation. A player in an orchestra, even a principal, is more responsible to the conductor as the final musical arbiter. I've known or heard players who seemed more able than others to take advantage of the difference.
Karl
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