Klarinet Archive - Posting 000405.txt from 2000/03

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Poulenc & Prokovieff
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 01:06:58 -0500

>
> I just got through hearing Burt Hara play the Poulenc Sonata (live), and
> this has been bugging me for several years: does anyone know if there's
> any connection between the last movement of the sonata and the second
> movement of Prokovieff's 5th symphony? Every time I hear the Poulenc it
> reminds me of the clarinet lick in the Prokovieff, and it seems like
> they're somehow related. Or am I dreaming?
>
> Bill Edinger

Don't think there is any connection in the last movement, HOWEVER, Poulenc
used the monotone arpeggio figure in his oboe sonata and Gloria... He
seemed to like it. It is in a slightly different context in each one, but
it is close enough.

--Ben

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

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