Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 1996/12

From: Jarle Brosveet <jbrosvee@-----.NO>
Subj: Re: Woodwind Quintet music suggestion...
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:08:29 -0500

At 16:17 22.11.96, Nate Bamberger wrote:
>Hello all,
>I was wondering if someone could suggest a good 5-7 minute piece
>to compliment a woodwind quintet concert featuring the Nielsen
>Quintet, op.43 and the Ibert "trois pieces breves". We're looking
>for something to contrast these two pieces, possibly something
>flashy or very different in style to open with. Any suggestions?
>Thanks,
>Nate
>
To stay with 20th century music, nothing is more flashy and short than
Malcolm Arnold's Three Shanties, Op. 4. But if I should choose a modern
piece quite different from the Nielsen and Ibert I would seriously consider
Samuel Barber's Summer Music, Op. 31. It is a fine piece, both flashy and
lyrical at turns, dating from the mid-1950s, and it is a single movement.

Jarle Brosveet