Klarinet Archive - Posting 000205.txt from 1995/10

From: Josias Associates <josassoc@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: c clarinet works
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 17:11:24 -0400

On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Bob Chesebro wrote:

> Dear Roger Shilcock:
>
> There is a nice solo piece for C clarinet written by Rossini entitled
> "Variations for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra." One of my former
> students, Tod Kerstetter--now at W. Kentucky U.--played it with the
> Carolina Youth Symphony. The work is recorded by the Swiss oboist,
> Heinz Holliger (of course playing the solo clarinet part on the oboe).
> I am uncertain if it has been recorded by a clarinetist. Both versions
> work very well! There are other pieces, viz., Schubert's "Totus in
> corde lanqueo" D. 136 (the original part is Klarinette in C), and
> several more. I hope this helps.
>
> Robert Chesebro
> Professor of Clarinet
> Furman University
> Greenville, SC 29613
> (chesebro_bob/furman@-----.edu)
>
Bob,

I share your high regard for the Rossini "Variations..." I
performed the work with an orchestra on Bb clarinet several years ago
before I owned a C clarinet.

I have the Holliger recording, and I have also heard a commercial
recording with a well-known clarinetist, whose name eludes me at the
moment. Although I feel disloyal by admitting it, I thought the Holliger
recording more interesting musically.

Connie

Conrad Josias
La Canada, California