Klarinet Archive - Posting 000421.txt from 1995/05

From: Josias Associates <josassoc@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Mixed quartet
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:39:32 -0400

On Thu, 11 May 1995 niethamer%URVAX.BITNET@-----.EDU wrote:

> On Thu, 11 May 1995, McReynolds, Georgiana wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of any music for a quartet consisting of clarinet with
> > violin, cello, and piano? I already know about the Messiaen and the
> > Hindemith. Is there anything else that's worth playing?
>
> There's Peter Shickele's quartet, the name of which escapes me. I heard
> it recently, and liked it a lot -*not* PDQ Bach stuff.
>
> David Niethamer
>
Georgiana,

I second David Niethamer's recommendation. The name of the
composition is (not too surprisingly), "Quartet for Clarinet (A), Violin,
Cello, and Piano" by Peter Schickele (Elkan-Vogel, Inc.). I performed it a
few years ago and recommend it highly. There is a fine recording of the
Quartet by David Schiffrin on Vanguard Records (VSD 71278).

Although not exactly what you've asked about, there is also a
fine quartet for clarinet, viola, cello, and piano by Heinrich Kaminski.
Although I haven't yet played it, I've heard it, and it's high on my
performance wish list.

Connie

Conrad Josias
La Canada, California