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Author: Alseg
Date: 2006-01-29 16:21
In September 2003 I posted a message about a fine evening of clarinet chamber music which was held at Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music.
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=125052&t=125052
Last night Ron Samuels ( http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/bios/Ron+Samuels )and company again presented a fine program.
Assisted by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony string, horn, and woodwind sections, as well as by members of the faculty of Duquesne University (including my wife's piano instructor), the program was varied and altogether enjoyable.
Serenata Invano for clar bassoon horn cello and bass by Carl Nielson.
A fanastic piece, lively and dancelike. Very much Finnish. It was
performed with delicacy and intimacy, punctuated by horn
announcements
Contrasts for violin clar. and piano by Bela Bartok
The word impossible comes to mind.
This piece is prescient of the
utilization of enharmonics and effects that are now evoked by modern
composers. Jennifer Orchard (PSO violinist, former Lark Quartet member,
and member of the Pittsburgh Piano Trio) displayed the full range of
violinistic capabilities....mutes, bowing on the fingerboard, changed to
another violin of different tuning, as well as other calisthentics. I could
see this piece used as background for a disturbing documentary (nuclear
meltdown, hollocaust, etc. The violin and clarinet share dialogues. The
piano part rages at times like pounding surf.
Such pyrotechnics demand a happy resolution. The Weber Quintet in Bb op 34 that followed intermission was a familiar friend. It was played as a chamber piece, well balanced, and not yielding to the temptation of making a concerto statement out of a parlor piece.
Instructive and well balanced and enjoyable evening. I look forward to more.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
Post Edited (2006-01-30 01:30)
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Author: Bellflare
Date: 2006-01-31 23:59
Lucky you.
The next night wasn't there a concert with a foreign piano trio and a Swiss clarinetist doing Brahms at Carnegie Mellon University?
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2006-02-01 00:22
You are correct.
Trio Johannes from Italy played 2 days for the chamber society.
Meloni from La Scala was scheduled but they substituted DiCapola (sp?)
He plays on Rossi clarinets. I never saw so many keys. Looked like some low vents and added registers. I was not sure.
The musicianship was impeccable, with seamless merging of cello and clarinet. His sound was ok. A bit broad in the lower register, but not displeasing, just different.
The venue at CMU has dry acoustics and the lumpiest most uncomfortable seats around.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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