Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 1997/04

From: Ken Bryson <kbryson@-----.COM>
Subj: [Fwd: Re: Milhaud Clarinet Concerto]
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 22:58:59 -0500

Message-ID: <33431585.1FEA@-----.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:27:17 -0500
From: Ken Bryson <kbryson@-----.com>
Subject: Re: Milhaud Clarinet Concerto
References: <199703290007.TAA15137@-----.com>

Jeff Berman wrote:
>
> My teacher has asked me to determine if anyone knows of recent performances
> of the Milhaud concerto; also, does anyone have comments on the performance
> of this concerto, considered by some to require further evolution of the
> human hand or brain in order to perform it! Comments? Thanks!
>
> Jeff Berman
> /|
> [ ]
> |*| Jeffrey S. Berman
> |*| Pulmonary Immunologist
> |*| and
> --- Amateur Clarinetist Who Shouldn't Quit His
> Day Job
> |*|
> |*|
> |*|
> /__

I don't know about performances, but I have a 1992 CD called Homage a
Benny Goodman that features Eduard Brunner and the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra playing pieces commissioned by Goodman--Concertos by
Hindemith, Copland, and Milhaud, along with the frisky Scaramouche, also
by Milhaud. I don't expect to be playing any of them in this lifetime,
but it's nice to listen to them anyway. The liner notes said that for
some reason Goodman himself never performed the Milhaud Concerto. If
you are planning on tackling this, good luck and by all means post the
information about your recital on the Klarinet list!

Nancy