Klarinet Archive - Posting 000417.txt from 1995/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: solo clarinet
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 10:57:07 -0500

Conrad,
Hi, remember me? I Have performed, by the way, that Ponchielli
Divertissement and it was very successful. Anyway, I have performed the
Von Koch scads of times and it is truly as good as you say. However, I
never heard of the Sonatina. Who publishes that?

Fred Jacobowitz

On Mon, 20 Feb 1995, Josias Associates wrote:

> April,
>
> In May of last year, I answered a request from Tomas Andreason, a
> Swedish contributor to Klarinet, for some birthday music by sending him a
> quintet for Eb, Bb, A, Eb alto, and bass clarinets entitled, "Variations
> on an American Tune" by Raymond Burkhart. (I'm not certain whether the
> tune in the title, "Happy Birthday," is actually of American origin as
> the composer assumes.)
>
> I mention this, because Tomas reciprocated by sending me two fine
> solo pieces for clarinet by Swedish composers. If you are interested, the
> pieces are as follows:
>
> 1. "Monolog nr. 3" by Erland von Koch (1975); and
>
> 2. "Sonatina" per clarinetto solo by Csaba Deak.
>
> The pieces would require some work to prepare. But, I found both to be
> first-rate works, worthy of public performance.
>
> Connie
>
> Conrad Josias
> la Canada, California
>