[TPIN] Ain't no MOuntain High enough

[Achias1 at mchsi.com]

OK, I'll take.

Yes, the Pachybel is thorn in the side of any wedding musician that I know, but 
the masses like it 
because it sounds pretty, so they request - and get it. I don't know of any 
musicians who would 
suggest it. There just isn't a whole lot that can be done in the interpretation 
of that piece.

On the other hand, you'd thing that the Clarke (Purcell) Trumpet Voluntary would 
be the same way. As 
far as I know, it isn't; and after playing it for hundreds of weddings, I'm 
still not tired of it. I believe the 
reason for this is that it is open for interpretation and improvised 
ornamentation. Sometimes I fall into 
using the same old ornaments that I've used in the past, but most of the time, 
I'm not sure which 
ornaments I'll use until after the piece begins. I try to stay close to what I 
consider authentic (although 
I'm certainly not a scholar in that area) but it does keep the piece interesting 
every time I play it.

We could get into a discussion of what ornamentation is authentic, but I think 
I'll wait for that until 
things slow down on the list or we get into arguing (again) about picayune 
subjects.

Dave


> Not terrifically trumpet related, but I am tired of having to listen to 
> Pachelbel "Canon" while waiting to play for weddings.  I mean, didn't 
Pachelbel 
> write anything ELSE?  How many times have you seen it written "Cannon"?  The 
> song I have heard massacred more often than not is the vocal duet, "the 
Prayer," 
> the quasi operatic piece made popular by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli.
> 
> I am grateful there is no trumpet line for these songs.
> 
> Mike