Klarinet Archive - Posting 000789.txt from 1996/04

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Difficult Bit in Mozart Concerto
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 22:30:46 -0400

the middle C in measure 312! How does one play this note an octave
>>>lower without a basset clarinet?
>>
>>You don't- you just play another (low) G instead. It's a compromise; the
>>choice is either a) change the note but play the passage in the right
>>register or b) play the right notes in the wrong octave. Personally I
>>choose a).
>
>Lorne, I may be misinterpreting your comment, but I think you meant to say
>"play another low F (not G)" in place of the low C.
>
>I like your other suggestions also.
>

Hmmm... I'm in the middle of packing as my wife and I are going away for
the summer, then moving into a new house when we get back. As a result I
don't have my score handy, just Hacker's piano reduction. At that point
(m312, 2nd 8th) the piano plays only A's , so while the harmony is tonic (A
major) I guess you could get away with the concert D as a passing note, or
an implied IV chord if you wanted to be pedantic about it. It does make
more sense melodically in the passage. The G (concert E, which would fit
the tonic chord) is Hacker's suggestion.

Meanwhile (since I'm looking at it now), three bars later we have the trill
on the E, which Hacker also recommends taking down, leaving out the two
grace notes [D-E] that finish the trill. What about (question for all you
Mozart scholars) playing grace notes F-G to end the trill? If one does
that, should one end the second trill (on the F# m321) the same way (ie
with grace notes G-A)? Or would this make poor Wolfie roll over yet again
in his grave?

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Canada