Klarinet Archive - Posting 001579.txt from 1998/04

From: peter.stoll@-----.ca
Subj: [klarinet] Re: New York Counterpoint
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:24:30 -0400

As a big fan of the above Steve Reich piece, written for Richard
Stoltzman's album of the same title, I was surprised when an LP I picked
up second hand of a later Reich piece, "Electric Counterpoint" for
elec.guitar (played by Pat Metheny!) turned out to be veritably a carbon
copy of the clarinet piece, form and even melodic materials. Reminds one
of Vivaldi's inter-piece similarity, or Beethoven's Choral Fantasy-Ode To
Joy.

For anyone who hasn't heard the clarinet version (for one soloist playing
with 11 other parts to overdubbing, or as a large live ensemble) it's a
great expansive piece and worth checking out.

Peter Stoll
Instructor, Univ.of Toronto

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