Klarinet Archive - Posting 000813.txt from 1998/05

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Orchestras which sing
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:10:45 -0400

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It's far more common in wind ensembles. There's a
>piece by either MacBeth or Hutchison (you'd think I'd know since they're
>both from this university) about Moby Dick that actually has a movement
>that's completely vocal.

McBeth wrote Moby Dick.

Beowulf also has a choral part in the brass
>(composer escapes me).

McBeth wrote Beowulf.

Carl Schexnayder

A lot of conductors have the woodwinds sing during
>the first time through the brass chorale in the first movement of De
>Meij's Lord of the Rings. It's quite a powerful effect, and when done
>well, makes the ensemble better.
>
>> I was also interested to discover recently that horn
>> players can play 3-part chords! There's no way of doing this on
clarinet,
>> is there?
>
>Ah yes...the infamous multiphonics. Brass accomplish this technique by
>actually singing while they are playing. Really neat effect - and
>coincidentally, the first composer to write multiphonics was our beloved
>clarinet composer Carl Maria von Weber. His Concertino for Horn contained
>a solo section with two part chords. Really good piece, btw.
>
>The recent jazz festival here at NMSU brought down a trombonist as one of
>our clinicians - he performed at our student recital, and wowed us with an
>arrangement of 'Round Midnight that he wrote for solo trombone. I kid you
>not - five parts. His name was Ron Wilkinson, and this man could PLAY!
>Most of us just sat in awe as he multiphoned away...
>
>As for clarinetting, it's somewhat possible. We have a clarinetist here
>who can get more than one tone out of his stick, but not by singing. He
>plays in such a way that the lower harmonic is just as prevailant as the
>upper. He can only do it with a few notes, so its just an experimental
>thing at this point. Myself, on the other hand, have attempted to do it
>the traditional way (being a noted member of the choral program, I
>figured, hey, I can sing good, so I can do this, right? Wrong.). However,
>all for naught - but I think it may just be a matter of coordination.
>After all, I'm still not coordinated enough to circular breathe...
>
>Shouryu Nohe
>Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
>http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe; ICQ 6771552
>Coffee Drinker, Musician, Otaku, Jesus Freak, Admirer of Women
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