Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 1999/02

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: [kl] Stravinsky Firebird and auditions
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:42:08 -0500

KlarBoy@-----.com schrieb:

> Hello all,
> Once again I'm faced with the issue of editons of Stravinsky's Firebird. The
> Dallas Symphony's tape audition requirements includes the Variation (1919
> version). I have two editions both are marked 1919 version. One includes the
> questionable lick one bar before rehearsal #14. For the purposes of the tape
> should I play the questionable passage? ( I understand it was probably scored
> for the alto flute). I've practiced the passage so much I think I can finally
> play it, but have to admit the piece of mind you get from omitting it is (to
> quote Martha Stewart) "a good thing." Shouldn't the fact that a specific
> edition has been requested be enough to free us from questions. Is it just me
> that still questions this passage? I welcome your opinions.
> Yours,
> Mario Estrada
> Florida West Coast Symphony
>
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>

If it's for an audition, the only way to go is call them up (or write, etc.) and
ask what they want to hear. You can play *anything* they want to hear, right? You
don't need our opinions on it.

Good luck!

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.ch

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