Klarinet Archive - Posting 000908.txt from 1999/02

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] A Little Night Music
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:47:43 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote:

>> I have just been asked to play the clarinet/bass clarinet book for "A
>> Little Night Music." That is by Sondheim, isn't it? Has anybody played
>> it?

Teri Herel wrote:

> This has got to be my all time favorite show that I've played!
>
> The music is rollicking and fun as is the show itself. Everything I like in a
> plot is there: Love, sex, scandel, angst and fun. Everything I like in a
> part is there: Great clarinet lines, hum-able melodies, lots of 3/4 waltz-ish
> tempos...

Okay, I'm going to be the odd curmudgeon out here. I thought the 2nd
cl/bass cl book was one of the dullest ones I've ever played (and I've
played nearly 60 different shows). The part itself was not only easy
but highly repetitive, with lots of verses and reprises. (I seem to recall
that the first clarinet book was more interesting.) The show may have
been delightful, but I couldn't hear much of what was going on overhead,
so its charms were lost on me.

The point about "lots of 3/4 waltz-ish tempos" is actually an interesting
curiosity: almost all of the show is in some form of 3 (3/4, 9/8, etc.).
There are only a handful of measures in 2 or 4 in the entire show.

Claudia

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