Klarinet Archive - Posting 000384.txt from 1995/03

From: Josias Associates <josassoc@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Clarinet Trios
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 16:51:27 -0500

On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, Jeff Bowles wrote:

> I might have mentioned this to the list before: there is
> a Beethoven trio for two violins and a viola, which I've
> also seen for two oboes and english horn. This would work
> quite well for two B-flat clarinets and an alto.
>
> It's several movements, quite musical, and good stuff!
>
> jeff bowles

To: Clark Fobes and Jeff Bowles

The following is a quotation from the notes to Beethoven's
"Trio, Op. 87" arranged for three equal clarinets by Wadham Sutton
(Novello, 1976): "Beethoven wrote his Trio in C, Opus 87, for two oboes
and cor anglais; it is known, however, that he was wont to perform this
work with any group of three instruments available to him at any given
time......."

Another worthwhile composition is the "Ballet Suite" for three
clarinets by Douglas Townsend (C.F. Peters, 1955).

I've performed both the Beethoven and Townsend compositions and
recommend them highly.

Connie

Conrad Josias
La Canada, California