Klarinet Archive - Posting 000201.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Most difficult band piece(s)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 06:24:39 -0400

At 12:52 AM 10/04/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>I played Celebration Overture under Paul Creston's directon when I was in
>college.

I like his interpretation of his piece - so many composers can't conduct -
but he could. I am fortunate to have the premiere of the work recorded
with the University of Michigan Band and Creston conducting. My father
played 2nd chair horn in the band - right behind Howard T. Howard (a frosh
that year who graduated from MI and went directly into the Met. as
Principal Horn!).

> Other difficult band pieces for clarinet include Menotti's Overture and
>Caccia. Great clarinet stuff and hard. Makris Agean Festival is also good
>stuff with a great clarinet cadenza. Also, don't forget Mark Hindsley's
>transcription of Copeland's El Salon Mexico and the transcription of Elgar's
>Enigma Variations. (I don't remember who transcribed it)

Lots of transcriptions here - don't forget about some of the original works
for band.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

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