Author: claricolin
Date: 2020-03-16 05:38
I recently started learning the first movement with a view to playing it for an upcoming exam. I was vaguely aware of some of the issues Liquorice discusses above, so decided to do some reading before I started working on it. Some good sources I read, that others might find useful, are:
From “The Clarinet”:
Keith Koons “A Guide to Published Editions of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, KV 622, for Clarinet and Piano”, 25(3);34-43 (and an update on more recent editions at 35(3); 34-37)
-Super valuable comparison of the editions
Carmine Campione “Master Class - Concerto in A, K. 622, Movement I, Allegro (Exposition) by Wolfgang A. Mozart”. 31(3); 6-10
-Great article on phrasing
Also:
Linda Davenport “Slurring Versus Tonguing: Questionable Articulation Practices in the Mozart Clarinet Concerto” The Quarterly, 2(4); 38-41 (PDF available online if you search for it).
In this last article on articulation, Linda argues that if no slur is indicated, the notes should be articulated. This would include most of the sixteenth note passages throughout the movement. She also says:
“of the dozen or so recorded performances of the Mozart clarinet concerto which I have listened to, the soloist who comes the closest to articulating the solo part the way I think Mozart intended is Antony Pay (accompanied by the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood)”
Well I listened to a bunch of recordings, including Tony’s, which I like very much (I think this articulated style suits the movement well, and sets up a wonderful contrast with the lyrical second movement) and decided that I would start practicing in this highly articulated style (I also thought it would help me work on my fast articulation). I learned the exposition and played it for my teacher. She was slightly horrified and said that it was so far removed from how she has taught it over several decades, and she also thought that examiners would not react well to this interpretation. But left it up to me to decide how to play it.
I’ve decided to go with a more “conventional” style using the Boosey & Hawkes edition edited by Roth / Thurston, at least to get me through the exam. Then I’ll work out what I really want to do…accepting that it’s always going to be a work-in-progress.
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