Klarinet Archive - Posting 000729.txt from 1995/05

From: Tom Izzo <tji@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: weird keys
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 16:02:53 -0400

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On Thu, 25 May 1995, David Gilman wrote:

> >Another tangent on key subject: Is anyone familiar with examples where
> >works have been transposed to alternate keys when shifted from a piano
> >work to an orchestral work; or from a concerto for one instrument (say
> >a violin) to a concerto for another instrument (say a flute)?
> >
>
> >Tom Ascher
>
> Tom,
> Mozart did this with his oboe concerto (in C major) when he
> transcribed it for flute (into D major).
> On another note, I have a transcription by Lucien Caillet of the
> third movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto for clarinet. The original
> was in D major, and the transcription is in C (concert, D written). I also
> have Eric Simon's transcription of Haydn's Cello Concerto in D major for
> clarinet (Bb major).
> That's all I can think of off hand.
>
> David Gilman
>
Canadian Brass are always doing this. Pachelbel Kanon in D is permormed
in C by the CB alone. Their Hallelujah Chorus both all 3 versions
(quintet alone, quintet w/organ, quintet with orchestra) are all lowered
from D to C.