Posted by Doug on July 06, 2003 at 00:08:34:
In Reply to: Arnold Jacobs: the greatest?? posted by Graham W. on July 05, 2003 at 23:50:59:
Graham, since I'm nothing more than an amateur, I won't vouch for my own interpretation, but I usually play that run (when I can at all) with the tied notes long and everything else short, essentially creating 4 groupings. I'm free to do this, knowing I'll never perform it ;-)
I agree with Aaron. There's always more than one interpretation on how to play a piece. Remember how Dr. Satterwhite conducted "America the Beautiful"? He told us he'd never do it the same way twice. Spontaniety and variety is what makes music exciting.
Doug "Just today heard 3 different interpretations of Mozart's Lacrimosa, and two of Don Giovanni--both were good but definitely different" G