Klarinet Archive - Posting 000450.txt from 1997/12

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <J.T.Salm@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: Companion for Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders?
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:10:30 -0500

Hello,

It must me some 4 years ago that I played the Till einmal anders: what a
very funny piece to play, but you have to practice with eachother a lot!
(there is a very good recording by Karl Leister, I think on teldec label).
We combined it, - I believ - with concertino by Leos Janaceck: in the
concertino the horn, bassoon, and violin are playing too. Added is a piano
(I do not know if there were two violins?). The clarinet plays also Bb A and
Eb! Also we played Bartok (trio). Mwa, just a fun programm, nothing special.
What you can try to do is to find other arrangements of famous pieces. It
was very common in the second Wiener school to transcribe symphonies for
little chamber orchestras (a harmonium included) to learn the pieces (they
didn't have radio/CD). There are transcriptions of mahler symphonies etc., I
believe by Schoenberg/Weber/Berg../.

Jeroen T. Salm
The Netherlands
J.T.Salm@-----.nl
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Van: Martin Pergler <pergler@-----.edu>
Aan: Klarinet mailing list <klarinet@-----.edu
<acmp-list@-----.edu>
Datum: maandag 8 december 1997 3:31
Onderwerp: Companion for Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders?

>
>A bunch of us want to perform the Franz Hasenohrl chamber "arrangement" of
>Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel. It's for cl, violin, horn, bassoon, and
>double bass and named "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders".
>
>It's about 6 mins long (but quite a workout)
>
>My question: what to put on a 30-50 minute noontime recital along with it?
>It should involve some of the same instruments and not too many others,
>and fit within the spirit or at least not be against it. (I read the
>Hasenohrl as definitely meant with a smile but not guffawing laughter.)
>It could be a bunch of shorter pieces. Clarinet does not *have* to be
>involved, though I'd like to play for more than 6 minutes just like the
>rest of us!
>
>I've thought of doing a wind/string septet, but the Beethoven is
>too long (and maybe too serious as a partner). The only other
>septet I've played is an early one by Bruch and I just didn't find
>it overly interesting (and the strings even less). Others?
>
>I also thought of the Histoire du Soldat suite in the version for
>violin, clarinet, and pno (link on the alternate instrumentation
>theme), but I only glanced at the parts for that a couple of
>years ago and I don't really know what it's like. I rather
>suspect it would be a workout too and I'm not sure if we
>(=me, the violinist would have no trouble) could pull both
>off at the same time.
>
>Any suggestions? Has anyone on the List done this piece? What else
>did you have on the program?
>
>Thanks, Martin
>
>(To clarify, the program does not have to be centered musically on
>the Till Eulenspiegel. Just, for better of worse, it's what's bringing
>the five of us together. We think it would be fun to do somewhere
>somehow!)
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Martin Pergler pergler@-----.edu
>Grad student, Mathematics http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~pergler
>Univ. of Chicago
>
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