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 Re: why do you play the clarinet??
Author: bob49t 
Date:   2003-04-14 05:55

Coming for a family of amateur musicians (mum piano and dad violin/viola), I started music in the primary school choir, then a more challenging local community choir.

At senior school, every month, those who were interested in music from all over Dundee, Angus and Fife were taken by the busload to fill the Caird Hall in Dundee. This was to the Scottish National Orchestra afternoon childrens' concerts. Sadly this facility has been withdrawn and the (now named Royal SNO) does not provide these regular concerts. They played concerts which always featured different principals of the orchestra showing off their particular instruments.

On one of these occasions, I was entranced by Keith Pearson playing the Weber Concertino and I was hooked. 2 weeks later mum and dad took me to Largs music store in Dundee and they bought me a sonorite B & H Regent for £20 7s 6d (1963 before decimalisation in 1971) This I played until swapping it for a timber nameless wonder, then on to a pair of Evette and Schaeffer models.

Subsequently I bought a pair of Peter Eaton early models and now a pair of Elites by him. After attending the NE of Scotland Music School in Aberdeen, Clarsax was formed - a quartet (as you might imagine) doubling clars and saxes. I added a sop sax for this group. The ammo has increased to a lovely Keilwerth alto, a recent Buffet bass, and a superb Amati Eb which was recently purchased in Prague. This little beauty will maim at 40 paces.

Surprisingly and to my delight I get to play all of these instruments on a regular basis. Possibly because of my range of instruments (and not my expertise) I'm asked to double in bands. I do solo/chamber recitals and I play clarinet in our local regional orchestra and guest with others on other instruments.

I feel I've been incredibly lucky in keeping what could have been a profession, a hobby and which has provided me with so many thrills and so much satisfaction. Let's hope when the time comes to gracefully retire, my musical friends will tell me in no uncertain terms ! I've really been so privileged to play with so many wonderful amateur and professional musicians over many years.

Sounds like I'm thinking of stopping, but there's no time for that ! - back to bass part in William Grant Still Symphony No 1 (if you don't know it, I rate it with Rach 2 for orchestration and thrills - clips can be heard on internet).

It's been of great interest to work through this thread and to read other "posters'" stories. Well done Tim P ! I suspect it's not closed yet.

BobT

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