Klarinet Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 1996/08

From: Marylou G Verano <savorygrrl@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: National Audition
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:49:53 -0400

On Thu, 1 Aug 1996 18:36:21 -0400 Adam Lewis <Serapio101@-----.COM> writes:
>I would like to get some advice on a national audition that I am
>planning to
>enter. I am in the initial stages of selecting the program that I
>would like
>to perform, but I'd like anyone's advice as to which pieces are best
>for it.
> The requirements are:
>
>An etude or a movement of an unaccompanied work.
>
>The opening or closing movement of a major concerto.
>
>Two contrasting works or movements - one must be a 20th century
>composition
>by an American composer (excluding orchestral excerpts).
>
>The competetion is for young artists and I have worked on and
>performed both
>von Weber Concertos, the von Weber Concertino, several French "Solos
>de
>Concours" and a little of the Mozart Concerto (just to name a few).
>Any
>advice would be greatly appreciated soon because I'm going to be
>purchasing
>music soon and I'd like to get this program asap.
>
>Thanks
>
>Adam Lewis
>
Adam...

I suggest you play either Copland's Clarinet Concerto or Bernstein's
Clarinet Concerto for that 20th century piece. I haven't played either,
but I've heard both, and they are both enchanting pieces.

For an unaccompanied piece, try a movement of Messaien's "Quatuor Por La
Fin Du Temps." There is an acapella clarinet movement called "Abime des
Oieaux" ("Abyss of the Birds") that is quite modern... it may alienate
a few judges, I am afraid, but it's very very modern. :)

Tell me more about this national audition! I am also a young clarinetist
(I will be a senior in high school this fall). Is this for a
scholarship? An honor band? Tell me the details!!!

Sincerely,

Marylou Verano
savorygrrl@-----.com