Klarinet Archive - Posting 000389.txt from 1996/08

From: lou polcari <polcari@-----.COM>
Subj: The Irish Brahms
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:56:14 -0400

lou polcari has written as follows:
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 1996 8:13 AM
> Subject: Re: the Irish Brahms
>
> I just (Aug 4th) performed the Op 129 for my Masters recital at the
> University of Oregon and have fallen in love with the music. I definitely
> found that Stanford had many similarities with the musical language of
> Brahms (most notably the last movement and the third movement of the Eb
> major sonata). I thought his use of Irish/ British melody and harmony
> wonderfully refreshing, an addition to the clarinet rep from the late
> romantic period. There were other elements that drew me to this music. One
> was the fact that I have not been exposed to the rep from the British
> composers and the music from them may be relatively under represented in
> clarinet recitals. The other was the interesting phenomenon of the British
> (20th century) Renaissance. Aside form Stanford, I also did the Finzi Five
> Bagatelles and the Bax sonata.
>
> Lou Polcari
> polcari@-----.com

Dear Lou,
I'm glad if my information was at all helpful. There are recordings
of these works that you can track down with Opus or the Schwann
catalog. Surprisingly, the Stanford Concerto is not in "Repertory
of the Clarinet" by Kalmen Opperman.

All the best,
Ward Cheney

   
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