I played the 2nd clarinet in NTU orchestra while I was a freshman
in NTU. We had a pretty good conductor from Swiss, who had conducted
the Taipei City Symp. Orch. for a while.
When we practicing the 2nd mov. of Beethoven Symphony #1, he told
us not to follow the "repeat" indicated in the music score. "Once
is adequate, twice is too much.", he said. We all smiled while he
said that. Of course, no repeat. Check the recordings, many
greatest conductors in the 20th century did not repeat that part.
Now comes the question. What the hell did Beethoven wrote there?
Repeat?
"twice is too much?"
To repeat or not to repeat, that is not a simple question.
If I hold the full score and email Bruno Walter (walter@walter.conductor.
musician.heaven) and ask him how dare he did not repeat there, what
would he say? Is he smarter than Beethoven? Although I don't know
Beethoven's email address (beethoven@beethoven.composer.....?), I know
he did write that thing there (it is not added by some editor).
Hsuan-Yi Chen
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