Clarinets and bassoons get testy over solos in Scheherezade

Clarinets and bassoons get testy over solos in Scheherezade

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norman lebrecht

March 07, 2018

James Zimmermann, principal clarinet at the Nashville Symphony, takes issue – passionately – with a video from the London Philharmonic Orchestra on how to play Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

First, the sedate LPO original:

Now, James’s fiery response.

James says: ‘Now I’m all for having consideration for your colleagues, but let’s have consideration for the music, just for a minute.’

 

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