Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 1997/10

From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.com>
Subj: RE: long Passages, hard to breathe
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 02:58:37 -0400

I'm not sure these would pose a breathing challenge to professional
players, since I'm not one, but look at the Nielsen Concerto, Poco Adagio,
No. 12, and the Hindemith Quartet, second mvmt (Sehr langsam), throughout,
but especially at the return (No. 26). (The Hindemith is truly beautiful,
as is the Nielsen. Maybe even better than Weber....)

Gary Young
Madison, Wisconsin

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From: Jonathan Cohler[SMTP:cohler@-----.net]
Subject: RE:long Passages, hard to breathe

Also, the opening to the second movement of the Brahms Trio, and the
opening of the third movement of the Quartet for the End of Time
(Messiaen).

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Jonathan Cohler
cohler@-----.net

>Brahms Piano Concerto #1 and Rach. Sym #2, Pines of Rome, and Tchk. Sym #5
>opening are some other good ones Those are among the best, and longest.
>
>David C. Blumberg
>
>
>Leonardo wrote:
>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 14:35:22 +0200
>From: Leonardo Fuks <leonardo@-----.se>
>Subject: Long phrased, hard to breath, pieces
>
>Dear colleagues,=20
>
>I am planning to run one experiment on breathing habits, focused on
>respiratory endurance and strategies for putting breath pauses in long
>continuous phrases.
>For such experiment, I need to choose some well known pieces/excerpts that
>represent a performance challenge, even for professional players.=20
>By now I would think about using (parts of) :=20
>CLARINET
>- -Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, 2nd movement solo
>- -Mozart's concert, first movement
>- -Ravel's Bolero solo
>??
>??
>
>David C. Blumberg
>reedman@-----.com
>http://sneezy.mika.com/OCR/reviews/reviews.html
>http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html