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Re: Re: TEST PIECE RECORDINGS

Ron

Like you I'd hate to see that skill lost.  As you point out,  there are
sometimes no alternatives to learning a piece from the score.

It's unlikely that Fred Mortimer would have had access to any useful number
of recordings for comparison.  Today we do, and I believe that we should
make use of all available sources to assist our learning.

I think we should also combat the idea that it's somehow 'wrong' to consider
the interpretations of others, or listen to other bands at contests - an
attitude we still sometimes find today in the UK which seems to derive from
the idea that our feeble minds may be corrupted or confused by hearing
contrasting readings...

Music notation can be very ambiguous - a recording made under the composer's
supervision can sometime clear up matters.

I'd pay no special attention to a recording made by the adjudicator - what
was right for him on that day, with that band, in that hall, will probably
differ from 'what he wants' on the contest day in any case.  And any decent
adjudicator should be able to accept different interpretations so long as
they make musical sense...

A recording of The Seasons by Philip Wilby is STILL available from
www.harrogateband.org in a performance conducted by me.  But I'm not the
adjudicator.

Cheers

D


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