Klarinet Archive - Posting 000268.txt from 1995/08

From: "C. D. McClune" <cdm1479@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: pipe organ, clarinet
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:13:49 -0400

David McClune, E-Mail, cdm1479@-----.org

On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Eric wrote:

> Does anyone know of some nice arrangements for clarinet and pipe
> organ? A friend recently heard a piece on public radio but did not catch
> the title or composer. I'd like to perform in my parents' church next
> summer.
> That brings another question to mind. If anyone else performs with
> pipe organ, how do you tune to it? The one which I play with is often as
> low as A=430!! It is usually much better in the summer because of heat,
> humidity, etc.
>

Most Baroque music works well with pipe organ. There are many
transcriptions of Bach, Vivaldi and others which work. The flute sonatas
of Bach and Handel sound great and you get to practice "C"
transposition. Borrow great music from anywhere, play it beautifully,
and it should work. 'Course you need a creative and gifted organist to pull
many works off. Good Luck.

I have lurked online since February and have finally written. It wasn't so
hard afterall. I am the Band director and single reed professor at
Union University in Jackson, TN. To stay sane I play with the Jackson (TN)
Symphony, sub a great deal with the Memphis Symphony (hello Jim G.) and
am a quadrupler playing the New York touring musicals when they come to
the Memphis Orpheum Theater.

Research interests concern recent concertos for Clarinet and band/wind
ensemble/wind chamber groups. My doctoral treatise (Florida State U) was
"An Annotated Survey of Original Clarinet Concertos with Wind or Chamber
Ensemble Written By American Composers Between 1978 and 1987." It turns
out there were twenty (20) concertos.

Send me information on anything concerning solo (double/triple) clarinet
and band or chamber groups. Thanks!

David McClune <cdm1479@-----.org>
Union University, Box 1862
Jackson, TN 38305