A wider pallette: Mahler on the clavichord!

Posted by Bambi B (A) on April 12, 2005 at 20:59:27

In Reply to: Nice post. The whole issue of HIP ... posted by Chuck Y on April 12, 2005 at 20:32:49:

Chuck Y,

Exactly. All thes approaches just add to the richness of the musucal world and we're lucky to kive in a time when we can pick and choose over such an amazing range of recordings and broadcasts. Imagine living in the 1870's, we might have heard Beethoven's 9th only one time in our entire lives and have nothing else to compare it to, maybe not even the 8th Symphony.

I still defend this particular Mahler's 4th because the 4th with it's sleigh bells and lighter texture does adapt to the chamber orchestra well. The 6th is a work that I gree, needs the full horesepower. As I mentioned in another reply, the Adagietto from the 5th could be a chamber work too. Beginning as a bit of a spoof, I once made a keyboard transcription of the 5th's Adagietto and performed it on clavichord in Italy- where everyone else was obsessed with CPE Bach. Raised eyebrows all round for the idea, but the timbre of the clavichord does a good harp substitute and it worked remarkably well. A lot of people remember that one over all the more usual Froberger Haydn and CPE. How that for HIP thinking?

Wagner was an amazing orchestral writer and not all needs a huge force. Of course, the "Siegfried Idyll" is really a chamber piece and Wagner did it delictely and beautifully.

Listening to all these different approaches really gains perspective.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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Topic - Historic Instrument Performance - Bambi B 18:26:25 04/12/05 (20)

Sorry I missed this earlier... - C.B. 04:51:11 04/13/05 (1)

HIP grows up! - Bambi B 14:56:06 04/13/05 (0)

The influence of HIP - markrohr 04:24:23 04/13/05 (0)

Nice post. The whole issue of HIP ... - Chuck Y 20:32:49 04/12/05 (3)

A wider pallette: Mahler on the clavichord! - Bambi B 20:59:27 04/12/05 (1)

not really THAT strange an idea, - Timbo in Oz 01:13:45 04/13/05 (0)

Speaking of Wagner... - Thornhill 20:47:18 04/12/05 (0)

Just to add a few more comments... - Thornhill 19:27:47 04/12/05 (9)

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Beethoven, broken strings, and modern pianos - Paul_A 10:14:09 04/15/05 (0)

It's HIP to be square - Bambi B 20:03:48 04/12/05 (2)

Re: It's HIP to be square - Thornhill 20:23:12 04/12/05 (0)

Some compressed thoughts - gd 19:52:39 04/12/05 (1)

Expanding on some compressed thoughts - Bambi B 20:20:23 04/12/05 (0)

Uh, so are you for it or against it? - Paul_A 18:49:18 04/12/05 (2)

A Strad may not be a period instrument - David Aiken 23:34:56 04/12/05 (1)

Re: A Strad may not be a period instrument - markrohr 04:09:06 04/13/05 (0)

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A wider pallette: Mahler on the clavichord! - Bambi B 20:59:27 04/12/05 (1)

not really THAT strange an idea, - Timbo in Oz 01:13:45 04/13/05 (0)

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