Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman tells the story of his scariest and most embarrassing moment on stage, and in this case it was the stage of Carnegie Hall. While he was acknowledging a major celebrity in the audience, his clarinet fell apart and started rolling towards the front of the Carnegie stage. Use this clip* to enhance your introduction of any recording by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/) *Stations -- a shorter version (:31) of this clip is also available on PRX under the title "Nightmare at Carnegie."

SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
There's only so much a performer can do to get prepared for a concert. You practice a lot and hope for the best, but still, anything can happen on stage, like the time clarinetist Richard Stoltzman told his Carnegie Hall audience that Benny Goodman was in the house.

CLIP TRANSCRIPT
"I told the audience, I said, 'this is an amazing moment for me because the man that all clarinetists have to say is their idol is sitting in the box up there, it's Benny Goodman,' And everybody went, 'AH!', you know. Everybody was looking up at Benny and clapping and I didn't notice that the bottom part started falling off the clarinet, and started... they fell on the stage of Carnegie Hall, so I scrambled down on my hands and knees and grabbed them before they fell off the stage and put it back together sort of quickly - it worked, but I'll never forget that moment when I was looking up at Benny's box, and my clarinet was rolling across the stage of Carnegie Hall. Oy."

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Richard Stoltzman remembering a nightmare at Carnegie Hall. Here he is in the somewhat safer confines of a recording studio playing (insert music title and additional performer(s)).

(To download a .txt file of this suggested copy, look under the "Additional Files" for this piece.)


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Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman tells the story of his scariest and most embarrassing moment on stage, and in this case it was the stage of Carnegie Hall. While he was acknowledging a major celebrity in the audience, his clarinet fell apart and started rolling towards the front of the Carnegie stage. Use this clip* to enhance your introduction of any recording by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/) *Stations -- a shorter version (:31) of this clip is also available on PRX under the title "Nightmare at Carnegie."

SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
There's only so much a performer can do to get prepared for a concert. You practice a lot and hope for the best, but still, anything can happen on stage, like the time clarinetist Richard Stoltzman told his Carnegie Hall audience that Benny Goodman was in the house.

CLIP TRANSCRIPT
"I told the audience, I said, 'this is an amazing moment for me because the man that all clarinetists have to say is their idol is sitting in the box up there, it's Benny Goodman,' And everybody went, 'AH!', you know. Everybody was looking up at Benny and clapping and I didn't notice that the bottom part started falling off the clarinet, and started... they fell on the stage of Carnegie Hall, so I scrambled down on my hands and knees and grabbed them before they fell off the stage and put it back together sort of quickly - it worked, but I'll never forget that moment when I was looking up at Benny's box, and my clarinet was rolling across the stage of Carnegie Hall. Oy."

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Richard Stoltzman remembering a nightmare at Carnegie Hall. Here he is in the somewhat safer confines of a recording studio playing (insert music title and additional performer(s)).

(To download a .txt file of this suggested copy, look under the "Additional Files" for this piece.)


WHAT IS VIRTUOSO VOICES™?

Virtuoso Voices™ is a performer interview service that provides short interview segments to radio stations, their websites and other online platforms.

Virtuoso Voices provides stations with a new strategy for presenting classical music on the radio by directly involving the performer in the introduction of the music.  These topical and evergreen clips enable announcers to bring an additional insider's perspective to the music they introduce and play on their shifts.

Program content is taken from interviews with internationally recognized classical music performers, such as Gil Shaham, Yo-Yo Ma, Marin Alsop, Lorin Maazel, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn and Michael Tilson Thomas.

For more information and to see additional ways to use these clips, please visit our website, www.virtuosovoices.org.


Virtuoso Voices™ Fundraising Service

Virtuoso Voices(tm) is also Public Radio's primary source for classical music fundraising messages.

Please visit the fundraising page of our website for examples and further information.  www.virtuosovoices.org/fundraising.


VIRTUOSO VOICES

"Classical Music's Virtuosos Want a Word with Your Listeners."

Virtuoso Voices is a trademark of Listener Directed Productions, Inc.