Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 1999/11

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Andrew Lloyd Webber
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:41:08 -0500

on 11/2/99 3:20 AM, Cindy in Germany wrote:

>My husband and I just played two performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
>"Requiem". The performances were in the castle church here in the town we
>live in in Germany. My husband played 1st clarinet: Bb and Eb part and I
>played 2nd: Bb and bass. There is one little section for A clarinet but I
>can't imagine anyone bringing an A clarinet to play the one note. It's
>one note about 20 times but it's only one note.

If Webber follows a custom on Broadway in New York, he may have written
the part for a specific player, who made some serious doubling money for
assembling the extra clarinet to play that note. I've seen show books
with 8 bars of flute or sax, written for a doubler of minimal skill, so
that the player could collect the doubling. On a long running show, it
can be significant. While it's not necessarily relevant to the Requiem,
maybe those habits die hard.

David

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

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