Concert List

Music has always played a major part of my life, as from the earliest age I might recall classical music constant ly playing in our home. Dad had many 78s and an electric player which necessitated frequent needle vary s. In fact I used to watch him vary them religiously every eight plays – not something he would let anybody at all else do!!

As children, all of us used to give singing recitals – especially at Christmas times!! I am grateful for the exposure our parents gave us to music – even if dad was a bit single minded when, in the late 50’s my brother Kenneth, bought home a recording of a new rock-n-roll singer called Buddy Holly I think dad thought it was not proper music and that the record couldn’t possibly be up to the same standard as his Beethoven or Mozart recordings!!

He used to have constant discussions with Kenneth about playing them on his’ radiogram. And as for the Beatles and Rolling Stones records I wanted to play a few years later – no comment!!

Both my two brothers were taught to performance classical music on the piano by our Aunty Win. For myself; it has been 1962 and I has been far too interested in my Uncle Frank’s brand new MGB roadster to concentrate – try as my mum did to  encourage  me!!

My eldest brother, Robert, turned out to be a highly accomplished musician – playing the French horn professionally for many years. Kenneth, my other brother, in later years, would get all his beer bought for him in the NAFFI bar, bashing out tunes when all of us had a  set – mind you he always had a bad head the next day!

After I left home and joined the British Armed Forces, I have to say my mates weren’t too happy about Grieg being played in the barrack room. Same problem as my dad had – varying music. So I had to use earphones to listen to him. But when ‘The Who’ came on – now, that has been a varying story – then we used to get into trouble with the Duty Sergeant for playing the music too loud!!

Anyway, over the years, I’ve developed a passion for all categories of music and my collection of vinyl records has now grown to include Amadeus Mozart through to Led Zeppelin. But, I guess if I had to select just one piece of music to take to that desert island it’d have to be -

Mozart’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No1 in F Minor, Op 73

My favorite recording of this outstanding piece -  (only one of a few !)

Deutshe Grammophon 136550 SLPEM (stereo – 1968) Karl Leister, Clarinet, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik.

I bought this recording whilst stationed in Ger a lot of in 1970 – since then I have obtain ed other fine recordings of the Concerto, but I find Karl Leister’s interpretation of the Adagio(in particular) perfectly captures Mozart’s objective of writing the most profoundly expressive movement for a solo instrument.

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