Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 1995/11

From: Josias Associates <josassoc@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Soprano, clarinet and piano music
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 02:24:28 -0500

Here are some additions to the comments in response to Paolo
Malpeli's inquiry about music for soprano, clarinet, and piano. Since I
was off Klarinet for about a week, I'll apologize in advance if my
additions duplicate works already mentioned by others.

About five or six years ago, I received a letter from Jim
Gillespie together with an enclosed program from one of his faculty
recitals. He recommended one of his recital selections in particular, a
piece for soprano, clarinet, and piano. Although I purchased the music
immediately, it sat in my performance-wish-list stack of music unplayed
until this year. I have now performed it three times, and I am
pleased to recommend it as highly as did Jim Gillespie. I am indebted to
him for introducing me to the composition.

The selection is "Four Seasonal Songs" by Gordon Jacob and it is
published by Anglo-American Music Publishers. Written in 1983, the piece
was composed by Jacob at age 88, which I believe was his last year.
But, even at that age, the composer provided ample evidence that he
was still at the height of his considerable powers.

Possibly better known is another vocal work of an earlier vintage
(1932) by the same composer, "Three Songs" for soprano and clarinet.

I noted with interest Don Youngkurth's mention of Franz Lachner's
"Seit Ich Ihn Gesehn," Op. 82. Several years ago, after hearing a
recording of the composition on the radio, I attempted (without success)
to locate the music. You can imagine my surprise when, a few years after
giving up on the project, I discovered in a stack of music I had
purchased earlier on speculation but had never played a piece by Lachner
entitled, "Frauenliebe und Leben," Op. 82. Yes, it was the same piece,
but with a different title. (The publisher is Musica Rara.)

Finally, here are two more titles. If anything was mentioned
while I was off line that I missed, it must certainly have been Mozart's
"Parto" from La Clemenza di Tito (International). But, there it is for
the record -- just in case. The other composition is Meyerbeer's
"Shepherd's Song" (Hirtenlied), which is also published by International.

Connie

Conrad Josias
La Canada, California

   
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