[Hornlist] The other side of clams
The best is yet to be reviled, I mean revealed about the miraculous and creative experience of clam making. What seems at first to be the worst thing to happen to the horn player, the clam, is actually a blessing in disguise for a creative opportunity. I guess it was a vision of the great Prof. I. M. Gestopftmitscheist while I was having the worst time handling a very exposed horn solo as a free-lance amateur performing as a ringer in my regular wind ensemble that made it clear to me that clams are welcomed opportunities for adding a creative twist to an otherwise static music line that has been stuck in time, year after year. The clam makes all this stuck-ness change. The exposed horn solo in the middle sort of blew up when the lips took the melody line too high, and then I didn't know where to go with it. Without thinking, maybe it was some reaching across space by the spirit of the great Professor to make it turn out okay, the solo was suddenly embellished by the most beautiful ornate turn that brought the melody line back down to the range of the composed line. The performance was recorded on CD so the turn is still there to be marveled at and enjoyed. Previous to that experience, I had developed a knack for turning clams into grace notes, a simpler form of ornamentation. This phenomenon is best handled when one plays in the spirit of the great Professor. It really helps to be nonjudgmental about all this in horn playing. Joy comes not from perfection, but from riding the horn wherever it takes you. __ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] The other side of clams
A wrong note played timidly is a mistake. A wrong note played with conviction is an INTERPRETATION! Paul - Original Message - From: Larry Jellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 3:24 AM Subject: [Hornlist] The other side of clams The best is yet to be reviled, I mean revealed about the miraculous and creative experience of clam making. What seems at first to be the worst thing to happen to the horn player, the clam, is actually a blessing in disguise for a creative opportunity. I guess it was a vision of the great Prof. I. M. Gestopftmitscheist while I was having the worst time handling a very exposed horn solo as a free-lance amateur performing as a ringer in my regular wind ensemble that made it clear to me that clams are welcomed opportunities for adding a creative twist to an otherwise static music line that has been stuck in time, year after year. The clam makes all this stuck-ness change. The exposed horn solo in the middle sort of blew up when the lips took the melody line too high, and then I didn't know where to go with it. Without thinking, maybe it was some reaching across space by the spirit of the great Professor to make it turn out okay, the solo was suddenly embellished by the most beautiful ornate turn that brought the melody line back down to the range of the composed line. The performance was recorded on CD so the turn is still there to be marveled at and enjoyed. Previous to that experience, I had developed a knack for turning clams into grace notes, a simpler form of ornamentation. This phenomenon is best handled when one plays in the spirit of the great Professor. It really helps to be nonjudgmental about all this in horn playing. Joy comes not from perfection, but from riding the horn wherever it takes you. __ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/lotp%40comcast.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] The other side of clams
One of the classiest clams was Tuckwell's performance in Dallas in the early 1970s. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] The other side of clams
Message text written by The Horn List A wrong note played timidly is a mistake. A wrong note played with conviction is an INTERPRETATION! Dear All This reminds me yet again of my student days. One day, during a rehearsal with the college orchestra, someone came in with a very timid 'spare entry'. The conductor, Maurice Handford (ex 1st horn of the Halle orchestra) stopped and bawled - who was that?!?! A hand was raised and a querulous voice said shakily - it was me Mr Handford. Handford bawled at the top of his voice - well it should have been louder!! At the first ever British Horn Festival, an all-star horn quartet (Barry Tuckwell, Alan Civil, Frank Lloyd and Tony Halstead) played Civil's arrangement for four horns of 'If You Were the Only Girl in the World which commences with the opening fanfare of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. Somebody 'knocked' over the first note. On the tape of the performance which can still be found in some collections, Civil's voice can be heard clearly in a silent moment saying was that me who missed that note or was it you Barry? Mr Tuckwell replies - missed note? I heard no missed note! Now that is the attitude! Handford used to bawl (and not just with our college orchestra either - I experienced it later on when depping at the Halle and elsewhere) - split notes are a thing of the past! if you 'put one in' - and he wasn't trying to be funny either. The horn section of one of the BBC's orchestra have coined the word 'Eurosplits' when broadcasting for the European Broadcasting Union or on the BBC World Service. Regards Paul A. Kampen (W. Yorks - UK) ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] The other side of clams
Could you possibly mean a performance I heard in the SMU auditorium? Paul Mansur On Saturday, December 31, 2005, at 09:28 AM, Bill Gross wrote: One of the classiest clams was Tuckwell's performance in Dallas in the early 1970s. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/p_mansur1%40comcast.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] The other side of clams
Larry Jellison wrote: ... Joy comes not from perfection, but from riding the horn wherever it takes you. I'd like to nominate the above for Quote of the Month. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] The other side of clams
Ok, I'll bite...please explain. - Original Message - From: Bill Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Horn List' horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:28 AM Subject: RE: [Hornlist] The other side of clams One of the classiest clams was Tuckwell's performance in Dallas in the early 1970s. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/fbaucom%40sbcglobal.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
