[CAUT] temperament for Schubert

Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu
Sat Jan 24 05:28:42 PST 2009


On Jan 23, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Porritt, David wrote:

> Don’t sell the violinists short on pitch perception.  The Concert  
> Master of the Dallas Symphony did 3 days of recording in our recital  
> hall over winter break.  He was telling me that as he gets older and  
> his pitch perception gets even better he gets very frustrated with  
> his own playing.  He did finish his session in the 3 days, but he  
> had reserved 6 days because he wanted it perfect.

I wasn't meaning to sell them short. I was only intending to explain  
the complexity of what they try to do. Constant compromise. My violin  
professor is similarly sensitive and similarly perfectionist and  
frustrated.

Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu


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