Klarinet Archive - Posting 000269.txt from 1994/11

From: "David B. Niethamer" <NIETHAMER@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Flute & clari duets
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 23:04:13 -0500

On Thu, 17 Nov 1994, Moritz Willers wrote:

> I can recommend a duet by a Swiss composer:
>
> Rudolf Kelterborn, Incontri brevi. It has been published in the Baerenreiter
> Verlag.
>
> I love it. It's hard to read and needs a lot of work. It was written for
> Stalder and
> ... (his wife?).

It is indeed Hans Rudolf StaLDer and his wife, Ursala Burkhard (if I
remember her name correctly). Two more duos unmentioned here:
Serenade by Willy Burkhard - European publisher, can't remember who
12 tone in the Krenek vein, so reasonably pleasant and somewhat
melodic
Bicinium IV by Allan Blank, published Roncorp - five movements, hard
but worth the effort

My wife is a flutist, and after 20 years+ of playing this repertoire, we
had a somewhat easier time of the Carter. We found that learning the
parts was the major (time-consuming) difficulty. After that, the ensemble
wasn't so bad.