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Re: Violin concerto

Author: jim sclater
Date: 2020-11-02 18:07

I think sometimes the "fidelity to the score" thinking cuts off other possibilities which may be very attractive. The Glass work that Mr. Caron posted is very attractive to me. Since this is the first time I have heard the work, it may well become my "standard." It seems to me that the order in which one hears versions of a piece might enter into the judgment about its "merit." I like the sax version of the Glass; I would most probably like the violin version, too. Apples and oranges.
There are a great many transcriptions out there by the great composers that are played all the time,e.g., the Bach-Busoni D minor Chaconne. Is the piano version any less of a work of art? I think not. If this turns the listener on to the other violin works of Bach, more power to it. If you don't like the clarinet version of the Beethoven violin concerto, don't listen to it. However, that version may put a fire in the belly of someone.
FWIW, I have played on A clarinet the Bach concerto in A for oboe d'amore. Great music; fun to play. Audiences didn't seem concerned about the tone color difference.
That's my 2 cents worth.

jsclater@comcast.net

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