Klarinet Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2000/12

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mahler 4
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:23:50 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
>
> How many clarinet players is Mahler 4
> commonly allowed in performance
> to bring the stress level within tolerable limits?
> Or is three enough? A while back, I played the
> third part in rehearsal at very short notice
> (no time to see or ever doctor the part)
> and quite frankly, it is a mess, needing many
> instrument changes and/or transpositions.
> I can see it coming up again on my agenda.
> It seems reasonable to split each of the second
> and third parts between two players or is that
> being over cautious?
>
> 1st Bb/A
> 2nd Eb/Bb/A
> 3rd C/Bb/A/Bb bass/A bass
>
> MB

I've played Mahler 4 several times and we have always had one on a part.
For that matter, it has been that way on every other Mahler symphony I've
played. They *all* have tons of instruments. The section of 4 players on
Mahler 1 should have a total of 13 instruments on stage with them.

Have fun... It is stuff like that that makes Mahler such an adventure!

--Ben

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

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