Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1996/12

From: Jarle Brosveet <jbrosvee@-----.NO>
Subj: Re: Two clarinets and band
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 14:17:01 -0500

At 09:17 06.12.96 NZT, John Jarvie wrote:

>I don't have the information to hand because I'm writing from work, but I
have a
>CD of 2 clarinet and band performances at home. From memory, this was made by
>an American husband and wife living and working in Dresden. They play
>Oehler-style instruments. The band is a full-time professional ensemble in the
>European "Harmonie" tradition.

Koch Swann 3-1067-2 'Concerti for Clarinets and Military Band' played by Don
and Cindy Christensen and the Leipzig Radio Wind Band. They play Krommer
(Op. 35), Reissiger and Muller in manuscript arrangements which, although
fashionable in Europe about 1840, are quite unplayable today due to
deficient scoring. Interestingly, the manuscripts originate from Crusell's
military band in Sweden. A much safer proposition today is an updated
arrangement of the Mendelsohn or a modern work such as Concerto for Two
Clarinets and Wind Band, by Keith Amos.

Jarle Brosveet