You know the klezmer sound when you hear it– that screaming, crying, wailing, and weeping so soulfully induced by the clarinet! But how does the clarinet create that quality of sound? And what is the mysterious instrument called the ‘klezmer clarinet’ that Osvaldo Golijov writes for in ‘The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind’? In this video I take a close look at these questions, this time through the lens of the clarinet’s set-up, particularly relating how different mouthpieces can create co

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