Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 1994/03

From: Melanie Groundsell <vlsgrnsl@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: De-lurking a lurker
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 03:41:38 -0500

On Mon, 7 Mar 1994, Sterling Lamet wrote:

>
> Thanks Don for raising me out of my somnolent lurkerism! Actually we
> were snowed in last Wednesday night and Thursday.
>
> I just returned from a week in Ireland where I obtained the music for
> Charles Stanford's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. Jack Brymer's book
> cites this piece, and he says it isn't heard as much as it should be,
> especially the second movement. Do others have experience with this piece?
> I have only read through it once, so far.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sterling Lamet
> slamet@-----.edu

Good to hear that you've found the Stanford Sonata. It was almost a
standard repertoire piece when I was at College, but I must admit that
since leaving college I've rarely heard it either on radio or in performance.
The second movement - although tricky - is my favourite.

Melanie
Reading University Library