Klarinet Archive - Posting 000135.txt from 1999/05

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Orchestral Rep Question
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 14:35:20 -0400

on 5/5/99 8:47 PM, Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:

>I now own a clarinet in the key of C. I know that
>it's called for in early Beethoven and late Mahler--any idea how much use
>I'll get out of it?

Just off the top of my head (the more hair I lose, the more I need
something to cover it!)

Beethoven - Sym #5 (last movement)
Sym #1
Piano Concerto #4
Cr eatures of Prometheus Ov., Lenore #3 Ov.

Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique (mvts 4 & 5)

Tchaikovsky - Mozartiana

R. Strauss - The Happy Workshop (Symphony for winds - 5 clarinet parts)

Mahler - Sym #1

Rossini - Barber of Seville Ov., Italian in Algiers Ov.

Ginastera - play the clarinet variation on your C clarinet (except for
one phrase, which needs the Bb clarinet for it's low E. I just did it,
and it really works)

Bizet Symphony in C

Many examples in Verdi operas.

I'm sure there are a lot more. The color really is different (even in
Beethoven - the biggest surprise to me) and really matters. Enjoy it!

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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