Klarinet Archive - Posting 000471.txt from 1997/06

From: "Robert S. Spring" <Robert.Spring@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Recital (was Tower Concerto)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:44:34 -0400

Mandat is a genius! He wrote a new piece for me to perform last summer in
Paris at the ClarinetFest. It is 11 minutes long, and the most difficult
piece I've ever performed! I have most all of my advanced students do at
least one of his works.

Spring

>Lynn,
>
>Eric is a good friend of mine, we've been talking for about three years
>now, and I'll be studying with him starting in September. I have all of
>his pieces and I've played three of them. Thanks for the offer though,
>it's much appreciated. I know how busy he is.....just try and get to
>check his email more often would ya!!!! I keep trying every time I talk
>to him, but to no avail. hehe....tell him I say hello :)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Todd and Lynnette Staley [SMTP:nette@-----.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 10:40 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.us
>Subject: Re: Recital (was Tower Concerto)
>
>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
>--
>Todd & Lynnette Staley
>email: nette@-----.net
>
>----------
>> 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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Dr. Robert S. Spring, Professor of Music (Clarinet)
School of Music
Arizona State University
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