Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 2000/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Cosi Fan Tutti/SF Opera Excerpts
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 00:08:52 -0500

> >
> > For the upcoming SF Opera Audition, one of the excerpts is from Cosi Fan
> > Tutti. I do not know this opera and haven't had time to go to
> the library
> > and borrow a recording and score. The second excerpt is
> labeled #21 Duetto
> > con Coro then Scene 4.
> >
> > My question is: Does anybody know where this is in the opera and an
> > approximate tempo for this selection.
> >
> > I know most of the other excerpts on the list through performances or
> > recordings that I own (I just learned Peter Grimes--What a
> great opera!!!),
> > but alas, I don't know Cosi.
> >
> > Can anybody out there in Klarinet-land help me?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --Ben
>
> The passage is slow and lyrical. It is marked "Andante" and is in 3/8
> time. The entire scene is a small chorus accompanied by a sextet of
> wind players. No strings. No percusssion, etc. Just 6 winds:
> pairs of clarinets, bassoons, and horns. The second clarinet part
> is an alberti bass and perhaps they might be interested in hearing
> this, but the first clarinet part is just a slow, lyrical, melody
> with no complications.
>
> Good luck.

Thanks Dan!!! This is exactly what I needed to know.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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