Klarinet Archive - Posting 001116.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart K.622
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:05:32 -0400

Is there a form of the Mozart clarinet concerto for Eb clarinet?

"John W. Sheridan" wrote:

> Working 3 jobs has kept me from any lengthy reply to the interesting
> comments I've noticed, but for the "record", an arrangement of the Mozart
> clarinet concerto as a quintet apparently already exists. I heard an
> acquaintance playing it a few weeks ago at a rehearsal of a chamber music &
> choral group for a concert. I assumed he'd just taken parts from a full
> orchestral arrangement but I learned from him tonight that he purchased it
> as a quintet at some music store in Perth, Australia. I haven't seen it yet
> but should next week and will pass along arranger and publisher for any
> interested individuals. The same chap has the K.581 which I also intend to
> examine, and will make my choice later on. The K.622 arrangement, by the
> way was for only the Adagio movement - I believe.
> As far as my own feelings go about the "arrangement" - I'd have to say that
> the K.622 would certainly sound better with strings than piano - and if
> performed with grace, beauty and dignity - then Mozart's creation would have
> served it's purpose, at least far better than it's performance at numerous
> solo contests every year by unskilled students/ amateurs. I've read
> commentary here on occasion by some of you who play professionally, who do
> not perform the K.622 due to your personal feelings about the piece, and I
> understand and respect those comments. I'm not a professional - and for my
> own reasons may or may not choose ultimately whether to play it or not - and
> it won't be for reasons of competition if I do - but for an opportunity to
> play on my own for an audience that expresses something meaningful for both
> myself and my listeners. If I don't feel that I can do the piece as I
> believe it ought to be, I won't use it.
>
> John
>
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