Klarinet Archive - Posting 000189.txt from 1995/02

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Zappa
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 02:07:23 -0500

On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Andrew LaVallee wrote:

> BTW, has anyone played either Envelopes or Dog Breath Variations, both by the
> late Frank Zappa? Yow! Difficult clarinet parts, with relentless meter
> changes and lots o technique, including those octave jumps to altissimo F's
and
> G's during runs that we all love...

These are on a recording by the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Wind Symphony directed by Eugene Corporon: Song & Dances, Mark Records
MCD-1116. Dog Breath also appears with the smaller Ensemble Modern on
the Yellow Shark album.