Klarinet Archive - Posting 000174.txt from 1995/05

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: A bizarre oddity
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 18:56:17 -0400

I'm looking for a clarinet quintet (i.e., clarinet and string quartet)
for a chamber music party I'm invited to and as I looked through my
stuff, I came across one that I bought years and years ago but never
played. I think I bought it for the wrong reason.

It is the Hindemith quintet and I bought it because one movement was
scored for E-flat clarinet and all the others regular soprano clarinet.
But as I was looking it over for serious consideration, something about
the first and last movements piqued my curiosity.

I looked, and looked, and looked and finally discovered the the first
movement is the last movement, backwards (or maybe it is the other way
round - it's hard to tell), and it is backwards for all 5 players.

I think I'll give it a whack!

Has anyone every played the York Bowen quintet for bass clarinet and
string quartet? Interested to hear if someone things it to be a
quality piece.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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