Klarinet Archive - Posting 000705.txt from 2000/06

From: klarANNette h satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart Concerto - Quintet?
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:31:08 -0400

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 10:12:52 +0930 "John W. Sheridan"
<otare@-----.au> writes:

>I am considering performing the Mozart clarinet concerto in next year's
>Eisteddfod here in Alice Springs and as a full orchestra is neither
>available, much less practical would like to know if any arrangements
>for a string quartet are available - 2 violins, viola, cello/bass.

John,

Consider studying and play the clarinet quintet instead?
The slow movement is very similar. The last movement, a theme and
variations, has very strong audience appeal.

It seems to me that the overall technical and stamina requirements of the
quintet are easier, and learning the quintet enriches understanding of
the concerto. (And vice versa).
The first violin needs to be a fluent and musical player, having most of
the responses and dialog with clarinet. The other parts require more
musical skill and ensemble sense than technical skill.

There was an article posted here a couple of weeks ago by a musicologist
who wrote that the quintet was poor quality Mozart, but i don't think
that opinion is widespread.

I learned and performed the quintet long before i studied k622, for a
variety of reasons. One reason was a barrier -- that i refused to play
any music of the *c-word* category -- and i really do prefer chamber
music.

>I currently have an arrangement for clarinet & piano - Boosey & Hawkes
>1946 copyright and comparing what is written to a CD I have with Joze
>Ostrac playing the clarinet have noticed some differences in phrasing,
>etc, especially in the Rondo mvt - measure 311 the written begins the

I was very happy when i found out that the articulations in most editions
are varied, none come directly from Mozart. Other folks on this list
know about editions and articles on that issue.
( in a nutshell, find what makes sense to you, and be consistent.)

My summer project is memorizing the Rondo movement of the concerto--by
far my most ambitious memory project.
I usually only have the difficult portions of a piece by 'remembry'--and
then out of context. % ;-)

annhall

Ann Satterfield
adjunct PCC

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