Klarinet Archive - Posting 000774.txt from 1997/11

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Pops piece needed!
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:15:46 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.64
> Subj: Pops piece needed!

> Hello All,
>
> I would appreciate suggestions on a piece to play for an upcoming Pops
> concert. Here are the criteria for the piece:
>
> * 5 to 10 minutes
> * For solo clarinet and symphony orchestra
> * Jazzy or "big-bandish" or "Klezmerish" or generally popular
> * Not the Artie Shaw Concerto (which I already played with this
> orchestra)
> * Like the Artie Shaw Concerto in its ability to get people on
> their feet!
>
> Some of the things I pulled off of Mark C.'s database are listed below, but
> I don't know anything about these. Any descriptions or help would be most
> appreciated. Please tell me how good these pieces are in terms of audience
> effectiveness especially. And more suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> 1. Clarinet Candy by Leroy Anderson (two clarinets & orchestra)
> 2. Jazz Suite by David Baker (clarinet & orchestra)
> 3. Klezmer Dances by Robert Maderich (clarinet, violin & orchestra)
> 4. Memories of You by Eubie Blake (clarinet & big band)
>
> The big band combination could be a problem, because the orchestar is a
> normal symphony orchestra and not a big band.
>
> Thanks ahead of time for your responses!
>
> --------------------
> Jonathan Cohler
> cohler@-----.net

Jonathan, consider a work of William Christopher Handy for clarinet
and string quartet called, I think, "Harlem Blues." You will find
a copy of it in the library of the ICS. I donated it to them and
it is there.

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