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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: RE: Would that Reiner Zarathustra be the '54 or '62? posted by David Smith on July 9, 2015 at 06:31:14:
I wouldn't downplay the ability of the world's best orchestral players to make intonation adjustments, at least nowadays. I've heard some amazing demonstrations of what they can do.
You are right that the relentlessly sharper orchestras of continental Europe used to be a big issue. But intonation virtuosity has become a much bigger deal since the advent of microtonal scales, pitch bending and other modern extended techniques. And playing sharp has become much more universal. I recently performed with some current Juilliard and Mannes wind students, who played at a perfectly consistent, in tune a = 445, were very critical of my difficulty in matching them, and amazed when I dared suggested they were playing sharp. With some practice I was able to reach in my bag of tricks to salvage the situation, but a top flutist would have done that more quickly and easily. (It was a huge relief the next time I played with a different group that wasn't so sharp.)
In this case, I suspect Reiner didn't want to tune the entire piece so much flatter just to accommodate the organ introduction, and back in 1954 people were less uptight about such things.
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- RE: Would that Reiner Zarathustra be the '54 or '62? - rbolaw 10:19:30 07/09/15 (4)
- RE: Would that Reiner Zarathustra be the '54 or '62? - David Smith 17:56:56 07/09/15 (3)
- "under their own volition" - rbolaw 19:46:16 07/09/15 (1)
- RE: "under their own volition" - David Smith 12:04:58 07/10/15 (0)
- RE: Would that Reiner Zarathustra be the '54 or '62? - fantja 18:40:54 07/09/15 (0)
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