Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 1998/08

From: "line ringuette" <lringuet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Impressions, anyone?
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:25:53 -0400

Hi there!

You have many pieces listed here that are for clarinet and percussion.
May I suggest another that is absolutely wonderful?

Please try to look up "Cadenzas" by Alexina Louie, if you ever get the
chance.

It is a fabulous piece to play, and it has been recorded by James Campbell
and Beverly Johnston.
A. Louie is a composer who currently lives in Toronto, but I believe she
studied at UCLA.
She is a very nice woman, very friendly and eager to talk about her works.
I find her clarinet parts (I've played 2 of her works) are very well
written; they "lie well" on the instrument (that's the only way I can
describe it). "Cadenzas" is NOT an easy piece--very flashy runs, freely
atonal, polyrhythmic sections, extremely technically demanding, requires
intense preparation of both instrumentalists (both apart and together).
But the piece is very rewarding to play; an absolute GEM!!!

Line Ringuette

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> From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
> To: Clarinet People <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Impressions, anyone?
> Date: August 5, 1998 5:01 PM
>
> Flipping through the May/June The Clarinet, I decided to peruse the
> Austrailian music listings. One particular piece caught my eye
> immediately: Voyage into Solitude, Op. 72 for six clarinets and
> percussion, by David Morgan

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