Klarinet Archive - Posting 000894.txt from 1998/01

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Concert Band - Favorite Clarinet Parts
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:46:42 -0500

I have always been rather fond of 2nd Suite in F for Military Band (by Holst
?). Despite the name it is a lovely piece and the woodwind parts are well
written and well balanced with the brass.

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD

Gary_VanCott@-----.com wrote:

> Last night in the Community College Band (mostly community, hardly any
> college) the clarinetists were complaining about playing yet another piece
> with transcribed violin parts.
>
> The conductor, a trombone player, admitted that he tends to pick out things
> he likes, mostly with great brass parts. So he said, "What do you want to
> play?"
>
> So what do you think. What pieces for concert band have especially
> enjoyable clarinet parts?
>
> One of my own favorites is Suite of Old American Dances, but we played that
> last year.
>
> Gary Van Cott
> Las Vegas, NV