Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 1996/08

From: Patrick Kwan <Wackko8281@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Suggestions on what to play..
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:42:58 -0400

Weber's Introduction Theme and Variations gotta be the winner. It sounds
difficult, but actually it's not that hard. It's a very impressive piece. I
played parts of it for my audition for concert master in my band (I won). One
of the judges actually took the time to talk to me and went something like,
it's nice to hear something as good as mozart's but not mozart, during the 3
days they got sick and tired of it. The only problem about mozart's concerto
is that everyone going to auditions are playing it. Some judges quickly
assume that your music knowledge is not that well since you are performing a
very common piece especially the judges that judged me and my teacher. One
good thing about not performing a not too well known piece is that you can
actually get away with minor mistakes. And i do believe that some judges
appreciate mozart's concerto but they just want to hear something different.
Imagine sitting in a room for 6 hours for 3 days hearing mozart's first and
second movement again and again. And the judges also made sure that I know
Mozart's clarinet concerto. They ask me if I can play a movement of mozart
and I only played like five measures of the first movement and they said
that's enough. So, Weber's Introduction Theme and Variation is your best buy!
Even though there are talks about it's not by Weber, since the majority
believe that it's by Weber and they are all attributed to Weber, you would be
better off just to say it's by Weber when you announce the piece. Email me
for any assistance!

Musically yours,
Patrick Kwan Wackko8281@-----.com