Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2000/12

From: Ann H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] doubling was Mahler 4
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 19:14:25 -0500

4th symphony bass clarinet part calls for one less instrument than 1st
Sym.--also expected to play Eb in the beer-garten-music section.
And the bass clarinet doubler has the top voice--I think maybe Mahler
wanted a less refined tone there--as if the band has had several beers.

That is the only Mahler Symphony that i have played. Was glad that i was
on 1st. The 3rd and 4th players were both good on both Eb and bass, so I
gave the player who had played with us longer 1st choice between main Eb
doubling part or everything doubling part. Guess which he chose.

These are the guys who got me interested in bass clarinet because it
sounded like a musical instrument.

Speaking of bass clarinet, i began my acquaintance l with the low C
Buffet that belongs to the orchestra. (I have been using the Leblanc
(serial #69) to build basic chops and experience. )

We are playing just the segment of Nutcracker of Pas de deux thru Coda .
That is the only bass clarinet on the 'holiday' program so i decided that
i would get to play the two short solos.
On Sugar Plum Fairy traded the 1st clarinet part to 2nd player so that i
can have a whole three counts to grab A.
Worked ok in rehearsal.

annhall

On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 08:30:28 EST LoriLovato@-----.com writes:
> Hi Michael,
> About Mahler 4, it's been a while since I performed it,
> but I don't recall any serious problems with switching instruments.
> There might have been a couple of easy measures that we
> transposed and switched early. As Roger mentioned, I believe
> we did it in NMSO with 3 players.
> Best of luck.
> Lori Lovato
>
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