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Re: Squillo

Author: John Peacock
Date: 2022-08-22 14:34

Thanks for raising an interesting topic - squillo is a new term to me. The general idea of finding the right harmonic mix to balance beauty of sound with projection is clearly a correct and important concept, but there will be plenty of scope for individual taste. For example, the linked video refers to Emma Kirkby as "thin and pinched", but frankly I would rather listen to her than to almost any other soprano.

And on the clarinet specifically, I was prompted to contrast Harold Wright's playing with a more modern alternative:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hkMSl0BdKw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nX77gmWElQ

Would you describe the 2nd one as "dull and boring"? To me, it displays a pleasing sophistication in the tonal beauty, which I find the Wright version lacks. I aspire to be able to play with the sort of liquid smoothness that Kohan achieves - and even if you think it would be boring to play like that all the time, it's surely highly desirable to be able to produce sounds like that when suitable. After all, the problem with the clarinet is that it too often sounds thinner than you want - so it's not so much a question of adding high harmonics as preventing there being too many of them. So I value players who have conquered the instrument in this respect.

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