Klarinet Archive - Posting 000516.txt from 1995/09

From: jay eric niepoetter <niep@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Jay asks about the Prokovief
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 21:55:06 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:
The original version of the Overture on Yiddish Themes (the title "Overture
on Hebrew Themes" is not a correct translation of the Russian) is the
sextet with string quartet and piano. Prokovief made the orchestral
arrangement later. They are, of course, basically the same piece of music
though the clarinet solo in the sextet is much more extensive. I first
played the work around 1948 and have played it many times over the last
40 or so years with great pleasure.

Thanks Dan! I've always enjoyed your postings. The main question I have
about the piece is... Is there a version with orchestra that features
the clarinet like the chamber version? I thought I heard one the other day.