Klarinet Archive - Posting 000470.txt from 1997/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Carl Nielsen Clarinet Competition in Denmark
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:23:12 -0500

Do applicants have to bring our own Woodwind Quintet members too? :) They
are already requiring applicants to bring an accompanist.

At 12:25 AM 1/24/97 -0700, Eric Nelson wrote:
AND
> 2. Nielsen: Wind Quintet op 43, 2nd mvt [menuetto]
>

>I apologize if this has already been sent; I've just got a new Email server
>and address, behavior is unpredictable right now, so I'll try this once more.
>
>I have just received information on the 1st Carl Nielsen International
>Clarinet Competition, to be held in Odense Denmark June 13-22 1997. Any of
>you with advanced students under the age of 30 [born no earlier than June
>13, 1967], or who are actually this young [!] may wish to check this out.
>I have the application form and the Rules pages, and would be happy to fax
>them to you, if you Email me your fax number. The deadline for
>applications being received in Denmark is February 15, so there is a bit of
>a rush.
>
>A few more particulars, for those interested:
>
>Application must include:
> -copy of birth certificate
> -copy of music examination certificate [I think they mean a diploma
>from a music school
> -brief curriculum vitae [150-200 words]
> -three recent B&W photos 9X12 cm
> -entance fee of $70
> -a cassette tape of the following works
> -Stravinsky: 3 pieces
> -Mozart: Concerto, 1st mvt, from bar 49 [w/ piano accpt]
>
>There are four rounds.
>The following works are all required in round 1 [w/ piano, & you must bring
>your own accompanist]:
> -Mozart: Concerto, 1st mvt, from bar 49
> -Poul Ruders: Tattoo for One [this piece will be sent to the
>selected participants upon request after March 1]
> -Carl Nielsen: Concerto, the first cadenza from the 17th bar after
>number 7 to Tempo I
> -Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
>
>Round 2 [with piano]:
> -one of the following:
> Brahms: either Sonata
> Niels Gade: Fantasistykker op 43
> Schumann: Phantasiestucke op 73
> von Weber: Grand Duo op48
> NV Bentzon: Sonata [edition Wilhelm Hansen]
> Poulenc: Sonata
> Lutoslawski: Dance preludes
>
>Round 3 [unaccompanied and wind 5tet]
> 1. one of the following:
> Berio: Sequenza IX
> Boulez: Domaines
> Edison Denisov: Sonata
> Alexander Geohr: Paraphrase on the dramatic madrigal Il
>
> Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Monteverdi
> Ingvar Lindholm: America
> Lars Graugaard: Calling Angels
> Stockhausen: In Freundschaft
> AND
> 2. Nielsen: Wind Quintet op 43, 2nd mvt [menuetto]
>
>Round 4
> -Mozart Concerto
> -Nielsen Concerto
>
>1st prize: Danish Kroner 125,000 [about $20,000 U.S., I believe]
>2nd prize DK 75,000
>3rd 50,000
>4th 25,000
>
>Also there will be concert and recital engagements for the winner[s].
>
>Contact me if you're interested:
>
>Eric Nelson
>
>esnelson@-----.net
>
>phone 801 753 0321
>
>fax 801 753 1979
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College