Klarinet Archive - Posting 000666.txt from 1997/04

From: "L. BORCHERT" <lborcher@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Bass Clarinet solo works
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 13:19:44 -0400

A few years ago, I saw a flyer from a Cleveland Chamber
Orchestra that included a concert featuring their bass clarinetist doing a
new concerto. I did not save the flyer, but you might check with that
group for more specifics. Let the list know what, if anything, you may
find.

Laroy

Dr. Laroy Borchert
Professor of Clarinet
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003

On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Benjamin Maas wrote:

>
> I am wondering if anybody out there in Klarinet land knows of some good
> bass clarinet solos, specifically good concertos for bass and orchestra.
> I hear about things now and then, but it is sometimes dificult to find
> music for them.
>
> A couple of performances I have heard about, I think:
>
> Did J. Lawrie Bloom play a concerto with the CSO within the past couple of
> years? and what was it like?
>
> For those in Los Angeles: about 6-8 years ago (I think-it was a long time
> ago), I heard somebody (I don't know who) play a concerto for bass
> clarinet with the USC symphony. I remember that it was a cool (and
> difficult sounding) work that has a qote of another piece in it with the
> solo written over it (I think it was Mars from the Planets). Does anybody
> out there have a clue as to what this piece is, because I obviously don't.
>
> If there is anything else out there that is cool, I'd love to hear about
> it.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Ben Maas
>
>
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