Klarinet Archive - Posting 000766.txt from 1996/04

From: Ian Dilley <imd@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: Difficult bit in Mozart concerto
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 08:33:19 -0400

> Hello everyone! I'm not only a new kid on the block, but I'm also new to the
> world of the Internet. The correspondence begun by Ian Dilley on a difficult
> part in the third movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (measures 311-314)
> has prompted me to attempt posting my first message.

> It has been pointed out that a number of performers and teachers play this
> passage an octave lower. This sounded like an excellent idea to me until I
> got to the middle C in measure 312! How does one play this note an octave
> lower without a basset clarinet? Can anyone please enlighten me?

You have to play 3 C's in a row at the same pitch. I think it spoils the whole
shape of the phrase.

Ian.