Word: clarineting
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...Glimpses. Back in London such attributes have endeared Davis to the music fraternity, and he is universally praised as the finest conductor to come out of Britain in 30 years. He began as a clarinet player with the Glyndebourne Orchestra, moved to the Sadler's Wells Opera as principal conductor in 1960 and distinguished himself with his command of the Mozart, Stravinsky and Berlioz repertory. Calm and controlled in action, Davis is respected by his musicians as "one of the few English conductors with real fire in his belly...
...came to play host to the King, he summoned Jazz Saxophonist Stan Getz from the U.S. to the affair, held in a borrowed royal banquet hall, as a special gesture of appreciation for the elaborate, if subdued welcome that he had received. Though Bhumibol has played his saxophone and clarinet in swinging sessions with other U.S. jazz groups, on this occasion he sat back and enjoyed the show...
...MOZART: CLARINET QUINTET IN A, AND OBOE QUARTET IN F (Deutsche Grammo-phon). The literature for these instruments, two of the most important in the orchestra, is very limited. These pieces are among their chief showcases. Lothar Koch plays the oboe with spirit in the early, conventional Mozart quartet. Karl Leister is oddly restrained and diffident in the clarinet quintet, and is often overshadowed by the other players, especially Siegbert Ueberschaer's viola. All the performers are with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra...
...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...