Klarinet Archive - Posting 000606.txt from 1995/12

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: bass clarinet solos
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:08:18 -0500

Lorne,
I've never played it but I'm told that "Strada" by Donald Martino
is feindishly hard and a great piece. Erland von Koch's "Monolog 3"
states that it is alternately for bass clarinet. I'm sure that many other
such solo clarinet works would work quite well for bass clarinet. Also,
why not commission?

Fred Jacobowitz
clarinet instructor,
Peabody Preparatory

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Lorne G. Buick wrote:

> Hi yourself :-) One piece I'm working on myself is "Excursions",
> Variations on a theme of Paganini (yes, that one :-) by Keith Ramon Cole,
> pub. Emerson . I haven't quite convinced myself it's a great piece yet but
> I think it's good. It certainly has some worthwhile challenges- range up to
> high A,lots of different characters etc. The blurb inside the cover says:
>
> Stylistically his [Coles'] music hs a certain free-ranging chromatic
> tonality [I wonder if he gets that from eating free-range chicken?], but
> with bitter or ironic melodic inflections. [Free-range chicken with lemon
> sauce... ;-) ]
>
> >Hi! I'm looking for advanced bass clarinet solos for a college bass clarinet
> >major at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. We've done the Bozza, some
> >of the Bach Cello suites, and the Galliard Sonatas. Any ideas???
> >Thanks,
> >Leslie Grimm
>
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