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 Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: HANGARDUDE 
Date:   2021-03-11 09:07

Does anyone know who the former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest was?
As much as I love Davide Lattuada's(the current bass clarinetist of RCO) playing, I listened to the recordings of Rachmaninov's works by Vladimir Ashkenazy & the RCO(links below) and was blown away by the clarity & fullness of the bass clarinet. I know the former principal clarinetist was the late George Pieterson, but can't figure out who the former bass clarinetist was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey8qhJLAhgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xctZ98_zBk

Josh


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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: Luuk 2017
Date:   2021-03-11 15:14

Probably Geert van Keulen, bassclarinet with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1966 to 2006.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Keulen (sorry, in Dutch...).

Regards,

Luuk
Philips Symphonic Band
The Netherlands

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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: donald 
Date:   2021-03-13 04:06

Is Lattuada the player who came from Orch Santa Cecilia? (where he was in the section with Carbon are for a few seasons)

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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: HANGARDUDE 
Date:   2021-03-14 05:07

Yes, Davide Lattuada used to be in the Orch Santa Cecellia(with Alessandro Carbonare). However, I was asking about his predecessor which Luuk has provided the answer to, so thanks for that Luuk!
Love both of their playing, amazing in each of their own right.

Josh


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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: donald 
Date:   2021-03-14 07:49

Lattuada has incredible tone in the upper reg, plays very lyrically, it's really quite incredible, but I'm never convinced once he gets to the low stuff, always a bit "blatty" sounding for me down there....

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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: HANGARDUDE 
Date:   2021-03-18 12:43

Donald,

Interesting that you think Lattuada has a 'blatty' tone, though this all comes down to subjective perception. I find his sound often on the darker side ie less 'ring' and mellower than Van Keulen's!

Josh


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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: donald 
Date:   2021-03-18 13:26

Only in the lower range, in the right hand and extended range. Note I wrote his upper range was extraordinarily good.

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 Re: Former bass clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest?
Author: HANGARDUDE 
Date:   2021-03-19 09:08

Yes Donald, I've noted what you've said about Lattuada's upper range, and I agree, while I somewhat prefer Van Keulen's lower range(see recordings on my top post), it had more 'zing' and liveliness that I prefer!

Josh


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