Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 1999/02

From: Floyd Williams <f.williams@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stravinsky Firebird and auditions
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:03:39 -0500

Mario,
in the Feb/March issue of The Clarinet magazine,Ed Palanker of the
Baltimore Symphony did a report on the Second Clarinet audition they
held,and in the discussion of the excerpts,he said that the orchestra's
conductor(David Zinman?),insists that the passage before figure 14 be
played by the clarinet,that it is in the wrong key to be played by the
flute,and that in Stravinsky's recording of the work,it is played by the
clarinet.
He goes on to say(Palanker)that the panel was insructed not make a big
issue of it if some didn't play it,but he felt you should be prepared to
do so.

Regards,

KlarBoy@-----.com wrote:
>
> 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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Floyd Williams
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

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