Klarinet Archive - Posting 000902.txt from 1998/01

From: lanewhite@-----.com (Lane G White)
Subj: Re: Concert Band - Favorite Clarinet Parts
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 20:36:14 -0500

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:23:17 -0800 Gary_VanCott@-----.com writes:
>
>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.

IOW, Yet Another Orchestra Transcription
>
>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?

Holst Suites for Military Band. There's one in F and one in Eb, IIRC.
Don't be fooled by the title; these would not be confused with Sousa
marches. It would take a better musicologist than I to do justice to
their description, but suffice it to say they are real concert band
pieces from the ground up by a noted composer (greatest hit: The
Planets). I find them very emotionally stirring. And your brassy band
director will like the low brass intro...

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