Klarinet Archive - Posting 001067.txt from 1998/01

From: Kenneth M Caputo <kcaputo1@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Tarantella
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:37:32 -0500

I played the Tarantella at a recital last June. The audience seemed to
like it. A real crowd pleaser I guess. I was lucky to b able to bet
together w/the flute player before we played w/ the piano.. This may
be agood idea. Enjoy it and let me know hw it goes.
Ken
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Nancy Marzec wrote:

> I asked this question once, but had put it after another question, so I
> think that it was not noticed.
>
> It seems that the principal flutist and I will be playing Saint-Saens
> Tarantella in next year's orchestra season. Neither of us know nothing
> about it.
>
> Have any of you played it? Is it fun? I assume from the title that the
> speed is way up there, but is it technically easy, challenging or
> impossible? I looked it up on Sneezy and saw that there was an
> arrangement for flute, clarinet and piano. Is the clarinet part the
> same as in the orchestral arrangement? How long is it? Is there a
> recording somewhere?
>
> Anything you can tell me is appreciated.
>
> Nancy Marzec
>