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Author: Kim L.
Date: 2002-06-03 04:49
Did anybody hear that Julian Bliss performed Solo de Concours by Messager at the Queen's Golden Jubilee?
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Author: Ed
Date: 2002-06-03 06:17
Yes, I did. For his age I was quite impressed.
Question is, what lies ahead for him?
I saw the show Saturday night on PBS, saw parts of it again, on Sunday, but too late to tape that part.
What was the piece he played?
Ed
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Author: susannah
Date: 2002-06-03 06:38
did you read the message posted???
if not, maybe you could read it again (hint, hint...he played the Messager 'solo de concours')
By the way...it does seem a little pointless to keep everybody informed of one young performer's complete performance schedule. Yes, i agree he is talented, and the BB has discussed all this before, but there are a lot of other young players out there that he will have to compete with when he is older before he can really be called a 'clarinettist' rather than just a child prodigy.
We'll see I suppose.
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Author: BeckyC
Date: 2002-06-03 14:24
Aren't we a little testy, Susannah.
If it's not what you want to read....Don't read it. 
move on.
Becky
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-06-03 14:47
Give the kid a break! Having attended one of his performances I'm a fan and look forward to any news about him. If "you" have news about any of these other young performers post it.....
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-06-03 16:36
Am posting what I know, Bob. What Susannah says is quite true however, IMHO. Julian is to appear in recital [with Howard Klug?] this coming Friday eve. [7th] at the Okla. U Symposium, Norman OK, I hope to attend along with BVL and Tul cl'ists. He is not listed in the Stockholm program, I'd expect him to attend. tho. I'm much impressed by his technique, as I mentioned on our chat session [please attend next Sun], now he can concentrate on expression. Don
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Author: susannah
Date: 2002-06-04 07:24
"If it's not what you want to read....Don't read it.
move on."
point taken.
but i still think a genuine discussion ABOUT the player, or about his qualites would be much more interesting for all that just "did you hear, so and so played on Saturday,"etc which isn't really relavent to anyone that didn't happen to be there.
Don't take this in a bad way, and i'm not grumpy or anything, its just my opinion
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-06-04 16:49
The young man plays the clarinet so I guess he already is a "clarinettist"...
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Author: David
Date: 2002-06-06 12:04
He's extraordinary in that he's a 12-year old who plays like a competent grown-up. He's doing OK on the free publicity front with a weekly documentary running on UK television.
All very clever, and I'm sure he'll clean up on the contest circuit, but doesn't move me.
However, Sarah Williamson is the business. Finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year contest, and in my opinion, totally robbed.
When you hear a contest piece, it's normally ho-hum, perfect, next. I caught her in the semi-finals doing some stuff (including the Solo de Conk). Stopped me DEAD in my tracks, and was the only reason I bothered looking at the final.
Her Concerto Final piece was the Copland, and she took it out and gave it a good kicking.
I honestly could not believe it when she didn't win.
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Author: eilidh
Date: 2002-06-08 21:56
Julian is clearly brilliant by any standards, and if age and life experience bring him the expression that some feel he is lacking, can you imagine what a player he will be?
For goodness sake, he's only twelve, and if he has reached this technical standard by his age, he can only progress still further I would have thought.
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