Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 1999/02

From: "Benjamin A. Maas" <bmaas@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:15:27 -0500

>Has anyone on this group had an opportunity to play this work for
>clarinet (+ bass clarinet + basset horn) and string quartet? The
>composer is Osvaldo Golijov and the work was originally written for
>Giora Feidman and the Kronos string quartet. It was recorded on
>Nonesuch (79444-2) by David Krakauer and the Kronos quartet.
>

Actually, I believe it was written for Feidman and the Cleveland Quartet
(before they broke up).

>If you have not played the work, have you heard it? Do you
>have a reaction to it?

Heard it... Have the recording... Love it. It is on my list of pieces that
I hope to perform someday (along with some other cool pieces like David
Schiff's Overture and Suite on Gimpel the Fool, and John Adams Gnarly
Buttons).

>
>I believe that it is published by Ytalianna Music Publishing
>company (and somehow that's part of BMI).
>
>

BMI is probably the liscensing agent for Ytalianna Music Publishing. Some
composers belong to ASCAP, others BMI, but both end up getting money back to
composers for performances of pieces.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Clarinetist and Digital Recording Engineer
Student, University of Southern California
Executive Director, Digital Renaissance Consort
bmaas@-----.net
bmaas@-----.edu

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