Klarinet Archive - Posting 000760.txt from 1997/04

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: "Repieno" Clarinet
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:17:24 -0400

On Wed, 23 Apr 1997 DGross1226@-----.com wrote:

> Last June, Terry Oxley put me onto the Detroit Concert Band in Scottsdale,
> Arizona as a possible source for the Polonaise from Mignon for solo clarinet
> and concert band which I first heard as a budding 7th grade clarinet player
> in 1952 performed by the solo clarinet player of the high school concert
> band.
>
> This afternoon the Boosey & Hawkes score, full band parts, and solo clarinet
> part arrived by UPS from Arizona. The parts include concert flute & piccolo,
> Db flute & piccolo, 1st and 2nd bassoon or bass clarinets (in bass clef!),
> and solo, *repieno*, 2nd, and 3rd clarinet, horns in Eb, plus the rest of the
> band.
>
> I'm assuming "repieno" is the equivalent of 1st clarinet, but what's the
> actual translation.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
>
It sounds to me like the orchestration of a Baroque concerto grosso, with
the concerto sections and the ripieno sections (ripieno being like
"tutti"). Am I remembering this correctly? (it's been a while since I
took Baroque history!). So, for example, when the solo violin is finished
with his "concerto" passage,he will continue to play, joined by the first
violins in the orchestra (the "ripieno" section).

I don't think I did a very good job of explaining that. Check Schirmer or
Grout for a better description!!

Sounds like a neat piece -- and I hadn't heard of this group before now.

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu