Word: clarinet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think of Brahm's music as short, symmetrical phrases, like the music of Haydn or Mozart. As a result, one often hears a version of Brahms in which the melodies are either blurred or altogether maimed. Seldom is Brahms' musical individuality more forcefully expressed than in his B-Minor Clarinet Quintet, and it is refreshing to hear it played in a way that does not attempt to warp the long melodic lines. The Guarneri String Quartet, in the third concert of its Summer series at Sanders Theatre, with clarinetist Harold Wright, gave a reading of his quintet which was remarkable...
...fact that the B-minor quintet is the fifth known work for clarinet and strings suggests that there is a danger of poor balance and unmusical tone-blending inherent in such a combination of instruments. But, Mr. Wright and the quartet produced a sound that successfully exploited the instrumentation as a vehicle for musical expression. Rather than stand out as an unwelcome intrusion into a string quartet, the clarinet functioned as a perfectly natural complement to the strings. The end result was a performance that left virtually nothing to be desired...
Since Amália performs only infrequently in Portugal, fado has lately fallen into a state of flux. Many of the old fado taverns, looking for the tourist dollar, are pushing pop fado, an attempt to internationalize the art by adding drums and clarinet to the traditional guitar accompaniment. Its chief exponent is sunny Maria da Fe, 24, who sings such classics as It's as Empty and Cold as My Heart to a sizzling jazz beat. Pop fado has also given rise to such variations as the upbeat "new-look fado" and "fado blues." And at the University...
Concerto Grosso, first prize winner in the Festival's international competition for new music, begins with a lengthy, cello solo, working complex variations of a four-note theme, builds to a climax with the drums thundering and a clarinet shrieking above a surging mass of sound. Tishchenko does not fall victim to the rhythmic fecklessness that plagues so many of the post-Webernists. Even his quiet passages have a discernible pulse, and the faster movements bristle with a tough rhythmic muscularity...
...saying as he went: "Then you are all right." While Porterfield's answer may have been the safe one, he had considerable basis for his judgment, since he has pursued music for 18 years, arranged and composed for his own band at Yale, and still plays a clear clarinet...