Klarinet Archive - Posting 000466.txt from 1997/06

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Mendelssohn Clarinet Concerto, Op. 114 recording?
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:44:29 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.65
> Subj: Mendelssohn Clarinet Concerto, Op. 114 recording?

> This is forwarded from the community band LISTSERV. Please address responses
> to Sharon Korzep at her address below.
> Thanks,
> tgn
>
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> From: Sharon Korzep <SHAKORZ@-----.com>
> To: community band <community-music@-----.com>
> Subject: looking for a recording
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:39:37 +1000
> Message-ID: <33A91A79.6EC7@-----.com>
>
> Hi, I am looking for a recording of the "Concert #2" opus 114 for
> Clarinet and Band by Felix Mendolssohn. Does anyone know if there is
> a recording available of this piece?
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Sharon Korzep
> Watsonville Band, California

Sharon, if I am correct (and there is no assurance that I am), the
piece you are referring to is the "Concertpiece" not a concerto.
Mendelssohn never wrote a clarinet concerto. The Opus 114, no. 2
is for two solo instruments, though one often hears the work for
a pair of clarinets or else a clarinet and a bassoon. The original
instrumentation is for clarinet and basset horn. I don't know of
a recording for band but it has been recorded by Sabine Meyer and
her brother with orchestral accompaniment.

Hope this helps.

For those of you who do not recognize Sharon's town, it is just
south of me and is called "The Artichoke Capital of the World."
Nice place.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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