Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 1997/06

From: "Todd and Lynnette Staley" <nette@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Recital (was Tower Concerto)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:40:00 -0400

Michael
I am a student of Eric Mandats' and could put you in touch with him if
there is any info that you might need from him. I've been trying to get
him to resubscribe but he is enormously busy. He has another piece called
"The Jungle" and a book of Preludes which I believe are along the lines of
the other two pieces you mentioned. He has a piece that I have wanted to
get a look at but haven't called "Etude for Barney" I am not so much of a
contemporary player, but Eric is very tolerant of me and my classical
roots. I think it drives him a little nuts sometimes, though :^)
Lynnette
SIUC
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Todd & Lynnette Staley
email: nette@-----.net

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> From: Michael Norsworthy <mnorsworthy@-----.net>
> To: 'klarinet' <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: RE: Recital (was Tower Concerto)
> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 8:39 AM
>
> I'll forward this message on to the list again as I don't know if it got
through, our mail server crashed again. This is really getting annoying,
I wish they'd fix the darned thing. :)
>
> Message:
>
> I wouldn't say expert, but it's been the main focus of my playing for
quite a time. If you're looking for some 20th century suggestions that
"sound nice" here's whatI can think of.
>
> Francaix - Theme and Variations
> Hindemith - Sonata or Concerto (the concerto almost requires two
pianists however)
> E. Denisov - Sonata for clarinet and piano (a newer newr work (1991)
that is very similar to his unaccompanied sonata. He uses quarter
tones to achieve melodic line, terrific piece)
> E. Mandat - Folk Songs or Tricolor Capers
> Bernstein - Sonata for clarinet and piano
> S. Tanejev - Canzona (there's a reduction for clarinet and string
quartet if you can find it, about 8 mins. long)
> Rudolf Moser - Concerto (written 1960, pretty tonal)
> P. Chihara - Sonata for clarinet and piano (very nice tonal work written
in 1996)
> Prokofiev - Sonata op.94 (transcription of the violin/flute sonata,
highly recommended)
> Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Sonata for clarinet and piano (also highly
recommended)
> Kupferman - Moonflowers Baby! (unaccompanied)
>
> That's a partial list and only the stuff which, again, "sounds nice".
If you want a list of contemporary pieces that sound more "modern" then
I've got a HUGE list. I tried to get your original list posting so that I
could see what you had planned already and exactly what it is that you
wanted. I was unable to do so. If anyone needs any help with musi of the
twentieth century (particularly music written after 1950) please feel free
to ask. I'd love to see more of this music being played, so I'd be more
than happy to help in any way that I can. I wish Eric Mandat and Nathan
Williams were on this list though, they're two of the "biggies" in that
world. Let me know if you need anything more and what you decide to put
on the recital. Good luck Neil.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Norsworthy
> --
> mnorsworthy@-----.net
>
> P.S. Rob....how did you know that I was THAT into contemporary music??
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Teitelbaum [SMTP:rteitelbaum@-----.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 11:46 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: RE: Tower Concerto
>
> Neil,
>
> I imagine you've already thought of post-WWII standards like the
> Hindemith and the Copland, but here are a few other suggestions for your
> recital which fit your criteria:
>
> Howard Blake Concerto
>
> Bennett Concerto
>
> Einar Englund Concerto. I'm not sure this has been published yet, but
> it's an outstanding piece. Written for Stoltzman in 1991, and recorded
> by him on the RCA Victor label..
>
> Muczynski's Time Pieces. Actually, I'm not sure if this is 20 minutes..
> But I remember hearing it once and being very impressed with it.
>
> That's about all I can think of right now. I think Michael Norsworthy's
> the real contemp. music expert on this list, so hopefully he'll have a
> few more suggestions. (How about it, Michael?)
>
> Good luck on preparing for your recital!
>
> Rob Teitelbaum
>
>
>
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