Klarinet Archive - Posting 000535.txt from 1995/06

From: Josias Associates <josassoc@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: OU clarinet symposium (long
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 03:40:44 -0400

On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, R Adam Pease wrote:

> Sunday June 4
> William Nichols clar, Dan Dykema pfe, David Gibson bassoon
> Schumann - Fantasy Pieces
> Jones - Divagation for Clarinet and Synthesizer
> Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
> Skrowaczewski - trio (1984)
>
> I really liked his Schumann. I also enjoyed the Bartok. I assume it's
> an arrangement. Does anyone know who the transcriber and publisher are?

Adam,

The Bartok is first rate (I've performed it several times).
Kalman Berkes transcribed it from another two-instrument transcription
by Zoltan Szekely. The publisher is Universal Edition (with some rights
to Boosey and Hawkes). My experience was that the music was available in
Europe, but hard to find in the U.S.

> Richard Hawkins clar, Laura Ward pfe, Hal Grossman violin, Greg Saur cello
> Brahms - Sonata #2
> Denisov - Sonata
> Berg - Four Pieces
> Schickele - Quartet
>
> This was my favorite recital. Hawkins plays with incredible sensitivity,
> and technical skill, and most importantly, expressive musicianship.
> Although I'm still not crazy about the Berg, hearing his performance as
> opposed to others was like night and day. The Schickele was great. My
> ignorance again, I thought he had only done less than serious compositions.
> This piece was very beautiful.

The Schickele Quartet, which is a mostly serious composition, is
difficult to put together, but well worth the effort. There are excellent
recordings of the piece on Vanguard CDs and tapes by David Schiffrin. The
second movement is probably the most singular because of its Charlie
Parker/Dizzy Gillespie BeBop construction.

Connie

Conrad Josias
La Canada, California