Klarinet Archive - Posting 000664.txt from 1998/07

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: The Mozart concerto
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:51:10 -0400

On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Don Yungkurth wrote:

> I haven't heard any of the Mozart woodwind concerti played on saxophone
> either, but years ago I spent my two years as a draftee in the Army
> playing in a 28-piece post band. One day I heard the familiar opening
> of the Mozart bassoon concerto, *on trombone*.

I once attended a trombone recital given by a candidate for a master's
degree in performance where none of the music was written for trombone.
He played the Mozart bassoon concerto, the Handel concerto in G Minor for
oboe, etc., etc.

But, I'll have to confess. I played a bassoon recital where every piece
was a transcription. But, when you play bassoon, after you have played 40
or more solo recitals, you have long ago run out of original literature
that is worth playing.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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