Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 1994/03

From: Lindsay Williams <lyws@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Dello Joio's Satiric Dances
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 20:54:21 -0500

>
> I'm not familiar with this piece by this fine composer.
> Is it a concert band work, or a solo/chamber work.
>
> Speaking of Dello Joio, his Christmas song "Bright Star"
> works very well as a clarinet/piano instrumental.
>
> --James Langdell jamesc@-----.com
> Sun Microsystems Mountain View, Calif.
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It is a piece for wind ensemble. There are some nice clarinet solos
in the first and second movements, then the third is a pain in the patoot
technically, but a lot of fun. Even though we liked the piece, my friends
from high school that I played this with and I used to call it "Satanic
Dances" because it has that weird hellish sound, due to it's key (a minor)
and use of chromaticism in the melody. I highly recommend playing it--it's
a lot of fun for the whole ensemble.

-Lindsay Williams, clarinetist
Eastman School of Music