Klarinet Archive - Posting 000980.txt from 1998/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Adagio for clarinet choir
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:05:49 -0500

on 1/22/98 1:59 AM, Edinger/Gilman wrote:

>I heard a personal first today: Barber's Adagio for Strings performed
>by a clarinet choir, Richard Stolzman principal. The announcer said it
>was an arrangement approved by Barber himself.

This arrangement has been around for at least 30 years. I played it many
times in undergraduate school. I'd love to hear Stolzman's recording - is
it with Kal Opperman and his clarinet choir?

Tom Labadorf added:

>E-gad!! I like the clarinet, but I can't imagine the shrill sound of a bunch
>of clarinetist (including E-flat I would venture to guess) shreaking during
>the climax! If Barber himself approved it, he must have been experiencing a
>week moment.

In fact there is also an Ab piccolo clarinet part. In the hands of
undergraduate amateurs, it ain't pretty!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/