Klarinet Archive - Posting 000232.txt from 1996/06

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Trios for CL, VLN, PNO!
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 11:52:44 -0400

Tristan James Butler wrote:
>
> I am looking for trios other than Bartok, Milhaud, Katchaturian,
> for clarinet, violin, and piano. There is one by Haratunian
> (spelling) for this combination, but I've called everywhere and they
> can't seem to find it. Please e-mail me your suggestions.
>

Doing a quick search on the Klarinet archives (this is a common enough
question) ( http://www.mika.com/clarinet , search for trio and
piano and violin , 37 Klarinet articles returned, excerpts follow):

Dan Leeson :
... (trio of) Charles Ives. There is an excellent but completely
unknown trio of Waldern von Baussnern that can probably be obtained
from the library of the clarinet society.

Jeff Chan:
The Bruch Eight Pieces. Some editions include parts for violin instead
of clarinet and cello instead of viola.

David Niethamer:
Someone (possibly even Alban Berg) made an arrangement of the second
movement of Berg's Chamber Concerto for clarinet, violin and piano.
It's really quite playable, not that difficult. Karel Husa also has a
wonderful trio. For more suggestions, check out the recordings by the
Verdehr Trio at Michigan State.

Conrad Josian:
For anyone interested, in a 1987 recital at Caltech, I performed a
trio obtained from Presser entitled, "Afternoon Cakewalk Ballet
Suite" for violin, clarinets (A and Eb), and piano by William Bolcom.
The Suite is composed of six rags by American composers, two of which
use Eb clarinet, and one of those uses only Eb clarinet and piano. The
pieces are more fun than a barrel of monkeys, and I highly recommend
them.
...
Richard Walthew: Trio in C for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
(Boosey and Hawkes). Walthew was a turn-of-the-century British composer
who was popular and highly thought of in his time.
...
... Thanks for the information on the Vanhal trios. I've had one in
my library, and although I've never played it, I wondered whether it
was worth looking at.
...
For the record, the trio that I have is Opus 20, No. 5, and it is in Eb.
It is scored for clarinet, violin, and piano, and was edited by Pamela
Weston and Walter Bergmann. This edition was published in 1965 by
Schott.

Shannon Thompson:
... I'm aware of the Wanhal trio ....

Connie Josias:
The trios by Jacob and Schumann are excellent. The Schumann trio,
which is entitled "Fairy Tales," was one of the last compositions by
that composer and is a must for this combination of instruments.
...
Francaix is one of my favorite composers, and, although I haven't
performed his clarinet, viola, piano trio yet (it was published in
1993), it's on my performance wish list.
...
In a 1990 exchange of music with John Fuest, Principal Clarinet of
the Royal Liverpool Orchestra, I received a highly regarded composition
for this combination entitled, "Trio in C Minor," by turn-of-the-century
English composer Richard H. Walthew (Boosey and Hawkes).
...
Two other trios for this combination were topics in an article
entitled, "Unusual Instrumental Works by Bolcom and Ponchielli," that
I wrote for the February-March 1990 issue of THE CLARINET (pp. 51-55).
The Bolcom piece, which is entitled, "Afternoon Cakewalk," is a ballet
suite of six rags (A and Eb clarinets are used), which were used as an
accompaniment for a touring group of dancers. The original "pit
orchestra" consisted of composer Bolcom, piano, David Schifrin,
clarinet, and Sergiu Luca, violin. When I performed this musical
confection in 1987 at a Dabney Lounge Concert at Caltech, the parts
were available on rental from Theodore Presser.

The other trio referred to in the article is "Paolo and Virginia:
Duo for Clarinet and Violin with Piano Accompaniment" by Amilcare
Ponchielli. This unpublished composition, which was also performed at
the 1987 concert, was played from a manuscript received from a library
in Milan, Italy. There is a fine European recording of this superb
piece by the Swiss/Italian group "Syrinx."

Lorne G. Buick:
There's a very good trio by Canadian composer Alan Heard (the title is
"Trio" for violin etc.) -it's a substantial piece (~20') and quite
challenging (one section near the end goes up to high B and C in fast
staccato arpeggios... with a few grace notes just for spice!) but worth
the effort. I don't know if it's published, but if not it's available
from the Canadian Music Centre (I don't have their address handy but I
can get it if necessary).

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