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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2006/12
From: "Kevin H. Moore" <oboetools@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Nutcracker 1st bassoon part
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:34:44 -0500
Thanks, Richard. This is good to know.
I know that lots of players complain about the octaves at the end of the
Arabian Dance (Coffee). I made sure the 1st bassoon part was cued into the
English horn part, in my version. I doubt anybody will ever need to do it
that way, but somehow it seems like it might have been better to write it
that way in the first place.
To an oboist, this piece still seems like a lot of playing.
Thanks again,
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Ramey" <rcramey@-----.edu>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 15:04 Hrs
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Nutcracker 1st bassoon part
> Kevin,
>
> It's not that difficult. There are, however, a few places that need
> practice time each year. For me, the hardest lick is the high A to
> high B trill near the opening of Act II. I've found a good solution
> where each note of the trill sounds very close to the timbre of the A/
> B using regular fingerings. But because I use harmonic fingerings to
> do the trill, that adds to the difficulty of getting the high B
> out. Tchaikovsky loved the bassoon, as evidenced from the myriad of
> solo passages throughout his orchestral works but had no mercy on the
> players' complaints..continuing to write awkward passages high and low.
>
> The short passage quoted in my original email isn't that big of a
> deal, but still bugs me each year that I can't get it out 100% of
> the time cleanly.
>
> Another fun aspect of Nutcracker is after having played the entire
> piece, Tchaik. writes a simple quarter note passage in octaves for 31
> bars...by this point, the 2nd and I just want to go home..not endure
> this passage!
>
> Richard
>
>
> Richard Ramey
> Professor of Bassoon
> University of Arkansas
> member, The Ramey Trio
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Kevin H. Moore wrote:
>
> > The current discussion of "The Nutcracker" 1st bassoon part caused
> > me to
> > remember all the work I put in on my orchestral reduction of this
> > piece. I
> > noticed that both clarinet parts and the first bassoon part are
> > longer than
> > the flute parts. So, clearly, there's a lot of playing.
> >
> > But how hard is the 1st bassoon part to play? I'm just curious,
> > given all
> > the work on this piece that I've done over the past couple years.
> >
> > Thanks -
> >
> > Kevin H. Moore
> >
> >
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