Klarinet Archive - Posting 000775.txt from 1997/08

From: benevolent1@-----.com (Sarah B Horney)
Subj: Re: Brass Bands
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:08:59 -0400

Just for your information, and anyone who cares, we played the same
movement of Concerto de Aranjues, but be a trumpet solo, except for the
last game, when I played that as a miked clarinet solo, and then returned
to flugal marching. In the crowd, that was the biggest ting in our show
which was of a Spanish theme. My favorite part was at the end solo when
the entire band stood in a big line on the front hash and crossed right
foot over their left foot, and put their left hand on their hip (except
for the woodwinds and tubas) a la Cadets of Bergen County. Just wanted
to share that.

Sarah
benevolent1@-----.com

On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 01:28:51 -0700 (PDT) Josias Associates
<josassoc@-----.com> writes:
>Jim,
>
> Apropos of the subject, especially for those who haven't seen
>it,
>there is a remarkable British feature-length film making the rounds of
>
>the art theaters entitled, "Brassed Off." Besides having an absorbing
>and
>entertaining, though not always happy, story, the movie tells us reed
>players some interesting things about what brass bands and brass
>soloists
>can do.
>
> One example was a rehearsal performance of the second movement
>of
>Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" originally for guitar and orchestra,
>
>but played here by -- believe it or not -- flugelhorn and brass band.
>I'll
>admit that I was more than a little skeptical when I heard the
>announcement,
>but the performance was very entertaining, especially if one doesn't
>demand
>that the flugelhorn sound like a guitar.
>
> Regards,
>
> Connie
>
>Conrad Josias
>La Canada, California
>
>P.S. The film also tells us that the American equivalent of the
>British slang phrase "Brassed Off" is "pissed off." The story deals
>with
>the threatened closure of a coal mine and the potential disbanding of
>a
>brass band comprised of miners.
>
>
>On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Jim Lytthans wrote:
>
>> Matthew Cullen stated:
>>
>> > Brass instruments just don't make music!!
>>
>> Oh, careful! Some of my best friends are brass players. I'm
>conducting
>> two performances of the Golden State British Brass Band this week.
>> Maybe it takes a clarinetist to bring some style to a brass band.
>> --
>>
>> Jim Lytthans "Illigitimus non carborundum"
>> La Mirada Symphony Orchestra
>> Claremont Symphonic Winds
>> (http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html)
>> My home page:
>> http://home.pacbell.net/lytthans/index.html
>>
>>
>