Klarinet Archive - Posting 000856.txt from 1998/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Alternative pieces for clarinet and string quartet
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:57:09 -0500

on 2/23/98 10:13 PM, Devin Tau wrote:

>I am soliciting advice for the clarintet and string quartet medium. Any
>recommendations besides the standard quintets (Brahms, Mozart, Weber,
>Bliss, Reicha, Hindemith, etc.)?
>
>I am especially looking for small pieces (5-10 minutes in duration).

Glazunov wrote a charming "Oriental Reverie" (pub. Musica Rara) which is
not to difficult, and very lovely. It is 7-8 minutes.

In the area of longer works, composer Allan Blank wrote a 7 movement 20
minute "Quintet" (for me, recorded on Opus One #144LP) which is a
wonderful piece.

There is also a Francaix Quintet, which is not too hard (at least by the
usual Francaix standard) - pub. Schott.

Oh yes, there is also the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Quintet in F# minor,
Op. 15. Great piece, sounds like a Dvorak Quintet. Supposedly SCT studied
with Stanford, who showed him the then relatively new Brahms Quintet, and
said "write one like this, only make it sound different". Great piece,
with at least two recordings that I know of.

David

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